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Jaspal Singh v. State of Punjab and Others

Punjab & Haryana HC8 May 2025CWP/13918/2021

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What is this about?

Six writ petitions against State of Punjab (Punjab & Haryana High Court, CWP (O&M)) disposed of as not pressed with liberty to file fresh representations; recorded undertaking that representations will be decided in accordance with settled principle of law by speaking order within eight weeks, with appropriate order if claim feasible and detailed reasons if rejected; time-bound speaking order direction; representation remedy; withdrawal of writ petitions without merits adjudication.

What did the court decide?

Writ petitions disposed of as not pressed with liberty to the petitioners to file fresh representations before the respondents; representations to be decided by speaking order within eight weeks (appropriate order if claim feasible, detailed reasons if rejected); pending civil miscellaneous application(s), if any, disposed of.

Jaspal Singh Vs State of Punjab and Others — Punjab & Haryana HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

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Outcome

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Issue for consideration

Whether the respondents ought to be directed to consider and decide, by passing an appropriate speaking order in a time bound manner, the claim raised by the petitioners in the writ petitions.

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Court's answer

The writ petitions stand disposed of, having been not pressed, with liberty to the petitioners to file a fresh representation raising their claim before the respondents; the court ordered accordingly.

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Ratio / Principle

Any representation filed by the petitioners claiming the relief sought in the petitions will be considered in accordance with the settled principle of law, and an appropriate speaking order will be passed by the authority concerned within eight weeks of receipt of such representation.

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Key takeaways

If the petitioners' claim is found feasible to be accepted, an appropriate order will be passed; if it is not feasible to be accepted, detailed reasons for rejecting the same will be recorded in the speaking order.ratio¶25

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

High Court of Punjab and Haryana (Harsimran Singh Sethi, J., oral order dated 08.05.2024): A bunch of six civil writ petitions — CWP-4863-2021 (Gurbhej Singh), CWP-13918-2021 (Jaspal Singh), CWP-15320-2020 (Simranjit Singh), CWP-16724-2020 (Gurpreet Singh), CWP-3880-2021 (Iqbal Singh) and CWP-4350-2021 (Yash Rani) — against the State of Punjab, involving a common point of law and a common set of facts, were disposed of as not pressed. Counsel for the petitioners sought leave to agitate the claims through fresh representations before the authorities; State counsel undertook that any such representation will be considered in accordance with the settled principle of law and an appropriate speaking order passed within eight weeks of receipt, and that if the claim is found feasible an appropriate order will follow, failing which detailed reasons for rejection will be recorded. Ordered accordingly; pending civil miscellaneous application(s), if any, stand disposed of. No statute or precedent was cited and no claim was adjudicated on merits.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

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Decided on : 08.05.2024

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247 CWP-4863-2021 (O&M) GURBHEJ SINGH AND ORS	...PETITIONER
V/S
STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS	...RESPONDENTS
250.1.CWP-13918-2021 (O&M)
JASPAL SINGH	...PETITIONER
V/S
STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS	...RESPONDENTS
2. CWP-15320-2020 (O&M)
SIMRANJIT SINGH AND ORS	...PETITIONER
V/S
STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS	...RESPONDENTS
3. CWP-16724-2020 (O&M)
GURPREET SINGH AND ORS	...PETITIONER
V/S
STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS	...RESPONDENTS
4. CWP-3880-2021 (O&M)
IQBAL SINGH AND ORS V/S	...PETITIONER
STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS	...RESPONDENTS
5. CWP-4350-2021 (O&M)
YASH RANI AND ANOTHER	...PETITIONER

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CWP-13918-2021 (O&M) AND CONNECTED CASES

...RESPONDENTS

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V/S

STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS

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CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI

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PRESENT: Mr. Sunny Singla, Advocate for the petitioners in CWP-15320-2020 and CWP-4350-2021

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None for the petitioners in CWP-4863-2021.

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Mr. Raghav Gulati, Advocate for the petitioners in CWP No. 16724 of 2020, CWP No. 3880 of 2021.

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Mr. Rajat Khanna, Advocate and Mr. Vishal Saini, Advocate and Mr. Vijay Pratap Singh, Advocate for respondents No. 3.

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Ms. Akshita Chauhan, DAG, Punjab.

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HARSIMRAN SINGH SETHI , J. (Oral)

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Present bunch of six petitions, the details of which are mentioned in the heading, involve common point of law and common set of facts, hence, they are being dealt together.

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After arguing for some time, learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners intends to approach the respondents by way of filing representation to raise the claim as raised in the present petition and the petitioners will be satisfied, at this stage, in case a direction is issued to the respondents to decide the same by passing an appropriate speaking order in a time bound manner.

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Learned counsel for the respondents submits that in case, the

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CWP-13918-2021 (O&M) AND CONNECTED CASES -2-

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petitioners file any such representation with the authority concerned claiming the relief as being claimed by them in the present petition, the same will be considered in accordance with the settled principle of law and an appropriate speaking order will be passed by the authority concerned within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of such representation.

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Learned counsel for the respondents submits that in case, the claim of the petitioners is found feasible to be accepted, an appropriate order will be passed and in case the same is not feasible to be accepted, detailed reasons for rejecting the same will be mentioned in the speaking order.

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Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that keeping in view the statement of learned State counsel, the present petitions may kindly be disposed of having been not pressed any further with liberty to the petitioners to file a fresh representation with respondents as stated herein before.

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