{"id":205146,"date":"2008-12-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-14T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/rachan-singh-vs-improvement-trust-rupnagar-on-15-december-2008"},"modified":"2018-01-06T01:35:39","modified_gmt":"2018-01-05T20:05:39","slug":"rachan-singh-vs-improvement-trust-rupnagar-on-15-december-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/rachan-singh-vs-improvement-trust-rupnagar-on-15-december-2008","title":{"rendered":"Rachan Singh vs Improvement Trust Rupnagar on 15 December, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Punjab-Haryana High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Rachan Singh vs Improvement Trust Rupnagar on 15 December, 2008<\/div>\n<pre>C.W.P.No. 17559 of 2008.           1\n\n IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT\n               CHANDIGARH.\n\n                    C.W.P.No. 17559 of 2008.\n                    Date of Decision : 15.12.2008.\n\nRachan Singh\n                                        Petitioner.\n\n                    VERSUS\n\nImprovement Trust Rupnagar\nand others.\n                                        Respondents.\n\n\nCORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.M.KUMAR.\n           HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JORA SINGH.\n                     ---\nPresent:- Mr Gurcharan Dass, Advocate, for\n           the petitioners.\n          Mr. Suvir Sehgal, Addl. Advocate General\n          Punjab.,\n          Mr. APS Mann, Advocate, for respondent\n          Nos. 1 and 2.\n          ---\n\n         1.Whether Reporters of Local Newspapers may be\n           allowed to see the judgment?\n         2. To be referred to the Reporters or not ?\n         3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the\n           digest?\n\n\nM.M.KUMAR,J.\n<\/pre>\n<p>      The petitioner has approached this Court with a prayer<\/p>\n<p>for quashing the orders dated 29.8.2008 (Annexure P-4) and<\/p>\n<p>29.9.2008 (Annexure P-6) passed by the Improvement Trust,<\/p>\n<p>Rupnagar stating that no plot was available            for the<\/p>\n<p>Scheduled Caste in Giani Zail Singh Nagar and that the<\/p>\n<p>application of the petitioner could be considered under the<\/p>\n<p>general category.\n<\/p>\n<p>         In the reply filed in the Court, it has been asserted<\/p>\n<p>that both the orders have been withdrawn. In para No.4 of<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\"> C.W.P.No. 17559 of 2008.                  2<\/span><\/p>\n<p>the written statement specific averment has been made that<\/p>\n<p>the trust has considered the entire matter afresh and it has<\/p>\n<p>now been decided that one plot of the size of 125 sq. yards is<\/p>\n<p>to be reserved         for the S.C.\/B.C. Category and all the<\/p>\n<p>applications    received    in     that   category     including      the<\/p>\n<p>application of the petitioner would be considered in a draw of<\/p>\n<p>plots. Therefore, no grievance of the petitioner survives.<\/p>\n<p>          It is appropriate, however, to mention that the<\/p>\n<p>petitioner had filed an application             along with cheque of<\/p>\n<p>Rs.7500\/- which was returned to the petitioner initially on<\/p>\n<p>6.10.2008 (Annexure P-7). However, the same has been sent<\/p>\n<p>by the petitioner to the trust for disbursement on 10.10.2008.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore,     the   application    of    the    petitioner   shall   be<\/p>\n<p>considered as it is accompanied by the requisite deposit.<\/p>\n<p>          As a sequence of the above discussion, the writ<\/p>\n<p>petition has been rendered infructuous and the same is<\/p>\n<p>disposed of as such.<\/p>\n<pre>\n\n\n                                          (M.M.KUMAR )\n                                              JUDGE\n\n\n15.12.2008                                ( JORA SINGH)\nAnoop                                          JUDGE\n <\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Punjab-Haryana High Court Rachan Singh vs Improvement Trust Rupnagar on 15 December, 2008 C.W.P.No. 17559 of 2008. 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C.W.P.No. 17559 of 2008. Date of Decision : 15.12.2008. Rachan Singh Petitioner. VERSUS Improvement Trust Rupnagar and others. Respondents. CORAM : HON&#8217;BLE MR. JUSTICE M.M.KUMAR. HON&#8217;BLE MR. 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