365 of 1968 .
362, 443 444 of 1968.
K. P. Shankar Dass Bishambar Lal and H. K. Puri, for the petitioners in W.P. No.
N. Sachthey, for the respondents in W.P. Nos.
295, 362, 365, 443 and 444 of 1968.
443 and 444 of 1968 .
The Judgment of the Court was delivered by Shah, J. Cattle fairs are held for the last many decades in different parts of the territory of the State of Punjab, by local authorities and individual owners of land.
443 and 444 of 1968 .
In respect of the lands of the petitioners in Writ Petitions Nos.
295 and 365 of 1968 a numberification defining a fair area has been made.
the cattle fair provides facilities to cattle owners for board and lodging and for stabling their cattle generally in companysideration of charges including a percentage on the price realised by sale or purchase of cattle.
295 of 1968 .
295 of 1968 This petition is filed by the Municipal Committee, Amritsar.
Jagjit Singh Chawla, S. K. Mehta and K. L. Mehta, for the petitioners in W.P. Nos.
ORIGINAL JURISDICTION Writ Petitions Nos.
The Governor of Punjab with a view to companytrol and regulate cattle fairs promulgated Ordinance No.
By letter dated August 26, 1968, the Deputy Commissioner, Amritsar, informed the Municipal Committee that a cattle fair was intended to be held as scheduled on the Cattle Fair Ground Mal Mandi , under the management of the District Fair Officer, and the Municipal Committee was required to arrange to supply water and electricity, to make suitable sanitary arrangements, to deposit the income from Baisakhi Cattle Fair in Government Treasury in Cattle Fair Fund and to deliver the record in that behalf to the Fair Officer.
The person or authority holding.
Writ Petition No.
C. Mahajan and R. N. Sachthey, for the respondents in P. No.
R. Gokhale and Naunit Lal, for the petitioners in W. No.
Niren De, Attorney General, V. C. Mahajan and R. N. Sach they, for the respondents in W.P. Nos.
Petitions under Art.
R. Gokhale, Jagjit Singh Chawla, S. K. Mehta and K. L. Mehta, for the petitioner in W.P. No.
32 of the Constitution of India for the enforcement of the fundamental rights.
295 and 362 of 1968 .
362 of 1968 .
365 of 1968 .
14 of 1967 on November 4, 1967, declaring a monopoly in the State of Punjab to hold cattle fairs and prohibiting all local authorities and individuals from holding cattle fairs at any place in the State.
