Atma Ram v. Deputy Commissioner-Cum-Commissioner(Sales) and Anr.
Case brief
What is this about?
CWP-8269-2022 (O/M), Punjab and Haryana High Court at Chandigarh, decided 05.05.2025 by Justice Harsh Bunger (single Judge, oral). Petitioner: Atma Ram; Respondents: Deputy Commissioner-cum-Commissioner (Sales), Panipat and another. Subject: mandamus under Articles 226/227 for decision of a matter pending since March, 2021 under Haryana Evacuee Properties (Management and Disposal) Rules, 2011 / Act, 2008. Outcome: petition disposed of on State counsel's undertaking of decision within three months with hearing to all concerned; pending applications closed. Advocates: D.K. Tuteja and Som Nath Saini for petitioner; Kapil Bansal, DAG Haryana, for the State. No cases cited; no monetary quantum.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of on the basis of learned State counsel's stand that respondent No. 1 shall take the final decision within three months after affording due opportunity of hearing to all concerned; pending application(s), if any, shall also stand closed.