IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.15691 of 2010 Date of Decision : September 08, 2010. Joginder Kaur .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.G.P.S.Bal, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr.H.S.Brar, Additional Advocate General, Punjab. -.- 1. Whether Reporters of Local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? --- Surya Kant, J. (Oral) This order shall dispose of Civil Writ Petition Nos.15691, 15717 of 15914 of 2010 as common questions of law and facts are involved in these cases. Mr.H.S.Brar, learned Additional Advocate General, Punjab, accepts notice on behalf of the respondents in these cases. In view of the nature of order which I propose to pass, there is no need to seek any counter-reply from the respondents at this stage. Suffice it to observe that the petitioners are aggrieved by the orders passed by the Deputy Commissioner, Gurdaspur, whereby their applications for issuance of 'red cards' being 1984 riots victims, have been C.W.P.No .15691 of 2010 2 turned down on the ground that they have failed to produce any cogent evidence to prove that they were bonafide residents of outside the Punjab State and were forced to flee and settled down in Punjab State due to anti- Sikh riots. It is vehemently urged that the petitioners have plethora of documentary evidence/proofs with them to substantiate their plea of being riots victims. Having heard learned counsel for the petitioners, I am of the considered view that it would not be expedient or desirable for this Court to examine the documents relied upon by the petitioners and return a finding of fact. On the other hand, the Deputy Commissioner, Gurdaspur does have the infrastructural mechanism to verify the genuineness of the documents being relied upon by the petitioners. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of with a liberty to the petitioners to submit their fresh representations before the Deputy Commissioner, Gurdaspur, alongwith the necessary proofs in support of their claim. The Deputy Commissioner, Gurdaspur shall be at liberty to get a fact finding enquiry conducted and thereafter take a final decision in the matter. The needful shall be done preferably within a period of four months from the date of receiving a certified copy of this order. Dasti. September 08, 2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE