CWP No. 14698 of 2008 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No. 14698 of 2008 (O & M) DATE OF DECISION: May 04, 2011 Gurdeep Singh and others .........PETITIONER(S) VERSUS Superintending Canal Officer, Sirhind Canal Circle, Ludhiana and others ........ RESPONDENT(S) CORAM:HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA Present: Mr. Sandeep Khunger, Advocate, for the petitioner(s). Mr. G.S. Attariwala, Addl. A.G., Punjab. Mr. Deepak Aggarwal, Advocate, for respondents no. 3 and 4. AJAI LAMBA, J. (ORAL) 1. Essentially, the claim of the petitioners is to provide watercourse from point AB (in reference to site plan Annexure P-1). 2. Factually, learned counsel for the respondent-State, on instructions from Nirmal Singh Brar, DCO, Bathinda, has pointed out, and the fact has been admitted by learned counsel for the petitioners, that watercourse does not exist even till point A. The road has been widened. The land under watercourse was acquired. 3. A suggestion has come from the official respondents that the land of the petitioners could be irrigated if area of their land is transferred to the chak being irrigated from RD-28616. Watercourse can be provided from point C down southwards and then eastwards towards the land of the petitioners viz. point B. CWP No. 14698 of 2008 2 4. This petition is disposed of with liberty to the petitioners to file an application under the Northern India Canal and Drainage Act, 1873, for provision, as per the suggestion of the official respondents. 04.05.2011 (AJAI LAMBA) shivani JUDGE