BAHADUR SINGH SINCE DECEASED THROUGH HIS LR vs STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS

128 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH **** CWP-20584-2026 (O&M) Date of Decision:10.07.2026 BAHADUR SINGH SINCE DECEASED THROUGH HIS LR ....PETITIONER(S) VERSUS STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS ….RESPONDENT(S) CORAM:- HON'BLE THE ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ROHIT KAPOOR Present: Mr. Piyush Bansal, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Saurabh Kapoor, Addl., AG, Punjab. ***** ASHWANI KUMAR MISHRA, A.C.J. (Oral) 1. The short ground on which the notice and the order-in- original are assailed is that they were issued to a 'dead person'. 2. Reliance is placed upon a Division Bench judgment of this Court passed in CWP No.5041 of 2025 titled Anil Kumar (since deceased) through his LRs vs. State of Punjab and others, decided on 21.02.2025, to state that in such circumstances, the order impugned was quashed, with liberty reserved to the respondent to pass fresh orders in accordance with law. 3. Served with an advance copy of the petition, learned counsel for the revenue does not dispute the fact that the proceedings herein have been initiated against a 'dead person'. 4. Following the law laid down in Anil Kumar (supra), and for the reason that proceedings against a dea