JUDGEMENT
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(1.) Present review application has been filed under Order XLVII
Rules 1 and 2 CPC seeking review/recall/modification of the order dated
24
th
July, 2009 whereby Civil Writ Petition No.6182 of 2009 filed by the
applicants-petitioners in public interest was disposed of. A prayer was
made in the writ petition that the sanction letter dated 6
th March, 2009
issued by Municipal Council, Samrala-respondent No.4 in favour of the
Block Primary Education Officer-respondent No.5 be quashed along with
the communication dated 2
nd
April, 2009 sent by Executive Engineer,
Construction Division No.2, PWD B&R Branch, Ludhiana in favour of the Municipal Council, Samrala that they have no objection in case respondent
No.5 is permitted to raise construction. It was further prayed in the writ
petition that respondent No.5 be restrained from raising any construction in
violation of Section 3 of the Punjab Scheduled Roads and Controlled
Areas Restriction of Unregulated Development Act, 1963 (hereinafter
referred to as, 'the Act'). In the writ petition, it was pleaded that no
construction is permitted within 100 meters of either side of the scheduled
road and by raising a construction within 88 feet from the scheduled road,
respondent No.5 was committing breach of the provisions of law, rules and
regulations enacted to this effect.
(2.) A Division Bench of this Court (to which one of us, Kanwaljit
Singh Ahluwalia, J. was a party) had relied upon the affidavit filed by
respondent No.4-Municipal Council, Samrala, wherein they stated that the
encroachment in question has been removed on 25
th May, 2009, and had
disposed of the writ petition on 24
th
July, 2009 by observing as under:
" We, however, see no reason why the
assertion made in the affidavit filed by a responsible officer
of the Municipality and charged with the duty of removing the
encroachments should be disbelieved in the absence of any
material to the contrary. The building in question is a
government building and is being used as Block Primary
Education Office. The encroachment in question is alleged
to have taken place during the construction of the said
building. If the Municipal Council of the area is satisfied with
the removal of the violation, we see no reason to continue
with the present proceedings any further "
(3.) The petitioners filed a Civil Misc. Application for recall of the
above said order, which was also dismissed by the Division Bench on 30
th
October, 2009. Aggrieved against the same, the petitioners approached
Hon'ble the Supreme Court by filing an SLP. The SLP was disposed of as
withdrawn vide order dated 3
rd May, 2010 on the statement made by
counsel for the petitioners that he be granted liberty to file an application
for review of the order dated 24
th
July, 2009.;
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