IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No.7961 of 2010 Date of Decision: 4.5.2010 Ved Parkash Pathak and others ..Petitioners versus State of Punjab and others. ..Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MUKUL MUDGAL, CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASBIR SINGH 1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2. Whether to be referred to the Reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? Present: Mr.Onkar Singh Batalvi, Advocate for the petitioners ……… MUKUL MUDGAL, C.J. (Oral) The issues sought to be raised in this petition purported to have been filed as Public Interest Litigation, are also the subject matter of an Election Petition pending before the Election Tribunal, Jalandhar. There can not be a collateral examination of such issues in this writ petition. Learned counsel for the petitioners states that the said Election Petition is pending since 2008. If this fact is correct, we hope and trust that the Election Tribunal, Jalandhar shall dispose of the Election Petition not later than six months from today. The writ petition stands disposed of accordingly. (MUKUL MUDGAL) CHIEF JUSTICE 04.05.2010 (JASBIR SINGH) gk JUDGE