IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.14326 of 2010 Date of Decision : August 12, 2010. Prabhu Dyal Sharma and others .....Petitioners versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Rahul Chhatwal, Advocate, for the petitioners. -.- 1. Whether Reporters of Local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? --- Surya Kant, J. (Oral) The petitioners are small scale vendors who are said to be earning their livelihood from Khhokhas/small shops raised more than 50 years' back on the Government land within the municipal limits of Kotkapura, District Faridkot. The petitioners are said to be regularly paying the licence fee and other charges also. It is alleged that the President of the Municipal Council, Kotkapura is now bent upon to uproot the petitioners without affording any alternative sites. The petitioners are said to have represented before respondent No.3 to provide them alternate sites before removing their existing Khhokhas/small shops. It is further alleged that without taking any decision in that regard, the petitioners are likely to be forcibly dispossessed. C.W.P.No .14326 of 2010 2 Having heard learned counsel for the petitioners, however without expressing any views on their allegations/claims but keeping in view the material on record which does suggest that the petitioners are small scale vendors of Karyana goods and general merchandise, I deem it appropriate to dispose of this writ petition with a direction to respondent No.3 to put up the petitioners' claim for allotment of alternate sites before the House of the Municipal Council who shall then take an appropriate decision in accordance with the Government Policy/Municipal bye-laws. Till such time the Municipality takes a decision regarding allotment of alternate sites, the petitioners shall be allowed to continue with their business activities in their khhokhas/small shops without causing any hindrance to the traffic/general public. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. August 12, 2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE