CWP No.21084 of 2008 1 IN THE HIGH COURTOF PUNJAB AND HARYANA, CHANDIGARH. CWP No. 21084 of 2008 Date of decision:24.12.2008 Avtar Singh and others ....Petitioners. vs. State of Haryana and others. ....Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE J.S.KHEHAR. HON'BLE MS.JUSTICE NIRMALJIT KAUR. --- Present: Mr.Harish Bhardwaj, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr.Surinder K.Bishnoi, DAG, Haryana, for respondent Nos. 1 to 4. -- J.S.KHEHAR,J. (Oral) Learned counsel for the petitioners has handed over to us a communication addressed by the District Attorney representing the Joint Secretary to Government of Haryana, Revenue Department (Rehabilitation Branch) dated 23.12.2008, as well as, Annexures A1 to A7 appended thereto. The aforesaid communication, as well as, the annexures are collectively taken on record as Annexure-X. A perusal of Annexures A 1 to A7 appended to Annexure-X collectively reveals, that the revision petition pending before the Revisional Authority, was adjourned sine die only at the express request of the petitioners, and as such, it is wholly unjustified that the petitioners approached this Court in order to seek a writ in the nature of mandamus requiring respondent No.1 to decide the revision petition on CWP No.21084 of 2008 2 merits. Having considered the submissions advanced by the learned counsel for the rival parties, although we are of the view that it did not lie in the mouth of the petitioners to file the instant writ petition specially on account of the fact that the petitioners themselves had sought deferment at the hands of the Revisional Authority till the writ petition filed in this Court was finally disposed of , yet we are satisfied that it is in the interest of justice to require the Revisional Authority to take a final decision on the revision petition filed by the petitioners under section 24(4) of the Displaced Persons (Compensation & Rehabilitation)Act, 1954. We accordingly hereby direct the Revisional Authority to dispose of the same by passing a well reasoned speaking order on merits after issuing notices to all the concerned parties. The petitioners through their counsel are directed to appear before the Revisional Authority on 27.1.2009. Disposed of accordingly. ( J.S.Khehar) Judge (Nirmaljit Kaur) Judge December 24, 2008 rk