IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C.W.P. No. 16513 of 2007 DATE OF DECISION : 18.11.2008 Jitender Yadav and others .... PETITIONERS Versus State of Haryana and others ..... RESPONDENTS CORAM :- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SATISH KUMAR MITTAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASWANT SINGH Present: Mr. Sanjay Kaushal, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr. Sudhir Makkar, Senior DAG, Haryana, for respondents No.1 to 7. Mr. Lokesh Sinhal, Advocate, for respondent No.8. None for respondents No.9 to 11. * * * SATISH KUMAR MITTAL , J. ( Oral ) After arguing for some time and in view of the preliminary objection raised by the respondents regarding the maintainability of this petition, in view of the remedy available under Section 102 of the Haryana Co-operative Societies Act, 1984, learned counsel for the petitioners, on instructions from some of the petitioners, who are present in Court, states that the petitioners may be permitted to withdraw this petition with liberty to CWP No. 16513 of 2007 -2- avail the remedy of arbitration reference under Section 102 of the Act. Dismissed as withdrawn with the aforesaid liberty. If the aforesaid reference is sought before the competent authority within a period of one month from today, the competent authority is directed to consider the same in accordance with law and decide the same, expeditiously, preferably within a period of 9 months of its filing. If the reference is not decided within the said period, then it will be open for the competent authority to seek extension of time, by showing sufficient reasons. ( SATISH KUMAR MITTAL ) JUDGE November 18, 2008 ( JASWANT SINGH ) ndj JUDGE