IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP NO.16209 of 2006 DATE OF DECISION: October 12, 2006 Amrik Singh ….Petitioner VERSUS State of Punjab and others …..Respondents CORAM:- HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE VINEY MITTAL HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE P.S.PATWALIA PRESENT: Shri Sumeet Mahajan, Advocate for the petitioner. Viney Mittal,J.(Oral). Notice of motion to the respondents. On the asking of Court, Shri Sukhdip Singh Brar, Additional Advocate General, Punjab accepts notice on behalf of the respondents. Copies of the writ petition have been supplied to the learned counsel for the respondents. The petitioner has approached this Court for issuance of directions to respondent No.2, District Magistrate- cum-Deputy Commissioner, Ludhiana to issue no objection certificate for the proposed retail outlet at village Pakhowal, Tehsil Raikot, District Ludhiana. According to the petitioner, an application dated June 18,2005 (Annexure P.2) has been filed in this regard but the said application remains unresponded so far. CWP NO.16209 of 2006 -2- In this view of the matter, without going into the merits of the claim made by the petitioner, we dispose of the present petition with a direction to the District Magistrate-cum- Deputy Commissioner, Ludhiana, respondent No.2 to take a final decision on the application (Annexure P.2) within a period of one month from the date a certified copy of this order is received, by passing a detailed and speaking order and takes such further appropriate action as may be required, in accordance with law. A copy of the order be given dasti on payment of usual charges. (Viney Mittal) Judge October 12, 2006 (P.S. Patwalia) KD Judge