IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.12768 of 2009 Date of Decision: 24.08.2009 Arvinder Singh and another Petitioners Versus State of Haryana and others Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASBIR SINGH Present: Mr. Nand Lal Sammi, Advocate for the petitioners ….. Jasbir Singh, J. (Oral) It is contention of the petitioners that they solemnized marriage, as per the ceremonies prevalent in their personal law, on 5.7.2009. They moved an application to get their marriage registered, under the provisions of the Haryana Compulsory Registration of Marriage Act, 2008, on 30.7.2009. Nothing has been done by the Registrar. That application is still pending before respondent No.3. He has not passed any order either ordering registration or rejecting application of the petitioners. Counsel for the petitioners states that the petitioners wants to go to the United Kingdom and non-registration of their marriage is delaying the same. In view of facts mentioned above, this writ petition is disposed of by issuing directions to respondent No.3 to take up and decide application of the petitioners, as per law, within a period of ten days from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. If there is no deficiency in the application moved by the petitioners, their marriage be registered forthwith. Civil Writ Petition No.12768 of 2009 To the contrary, if the officer concerned wishes to reject their claim, on valid grounds, he shall state the reasons, pass a speaking order and supply a copy of the same to the petitioners. 24.08.2009 (Jasbir Singh) gk Judge 2