CWP No.6890 of 2009 --1-- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No. 6890 of 2009 Date of decision : 5.4.2010 Pal Singh and another ...Petitioners Versus Punjab and Sind Bank and another ...Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE AJAY KUMAR MITTAL **** Present: Mr. S S Walia, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr. Aman Arora, Advocate, for the respondents. **** AJAY KUMAR MITTAL, J. (ORAL) The petitioners have approached this Court seeking a writ in the nature of certiorari for quashing the letter dated 16.02.2009 (Annexure P-4), whereby respondent No.2 has refused to give benefit of small farmer as claimed by the petitioners. Learned counsel for the respondents has submitted that as per Clause 10.3 of Agricultural Debt Waiver and Debt Relief Scheme, 2008, a copy of which has been attached as Annexure P-2, any farmer who is aggrieved by non-inclusion of his name in either of the two lists referred to in para 7.1, can make a representation through the Branch from which he received the loan or directly to the Grievance Redressal Officer of the lending institution and in case any such representation is made, the same shall be disposed of CWP No.6890 of 2009 --2-- within 30 days of receipt thereof. Learned counsel further states that in case the petitioners make such a representation within 30 days from today, the same shall not be rejected on the ground of delay and latches and shall be disposed of on merits after affording an opportunity of hearing to them. Faced with the aforesaid stand of the respondents, the learned counsel for the petitioners states that the writ petition may be dismissed as withdrawn with liberty to the petitioners to file a representation before the Grievance Redressal Officer of the lending institution, as asserted by the learned counsel for the respondents. In view of the above, the writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn. In case, a representation is filed by the petitioners within 30 days from today to the Grievance Redressal Officer of the lending institution claiming the relief as set up in the writ petition, the same shall be disposed of by passing a speaking order in accordance with law. April 5, 2010 (AJAY KUMAR MITTAL) atulsethi JUDGE