IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA
AT CHANDIGARH
Civil Writ Petition No.17038 of 2009
Date of decision: 16th November, 2009
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State of Punjab and another
... Respondents
CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA
Present: Mr. Shekhar Verma, Advocate for the petitioner.
Mr. Anil Kumar Sharma, Additional Advocate General, Punjab
for the respondents.
KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA, J. (ORAL)
Present writ petition has been filed under Article 226/227 of
the Constitution of India with a prayer that impugned order dated 23rd
September, 2009 (Annexure P-1) passed by Registrar of Marriages-cum-
Sub Divisional Magistrate-cum-Tehsildar, Balachaur be quashed.
Gurcharan Singh Brar, Registrar of Marriage-cum-Tehsildar,
Balachaur, is present in Court. He has tendered his unconditional/
unqualified apology and has submitted that henceforth there will be no
lapse on his part in assisting counsel for the State. The apology has been
accepted by Mr. Anil Kumar Sharma, Additional Advocate General,
Punjab.
In these circumstances, this Court intends to proceed with the
case. Regarding the relief sought by the petitioner, counsel for the State
has submitted that in case married couple appears before the Registrar of
Marriage-cum-Tehsildar, Balachaur on 1st December, 2009 at 10.00 a.m.,
the marriage shall be registered.
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In view of the statement made by counsel for the State,
present petition is disposed of.
[KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA]
JUDGE
November 16, 2009
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