PUBLIC ACTION COMMITTEE AND OTHERS vs STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 250 CWP-6056-2026 Date of Decision:06.05.2026 PUBLIC ACTION COMMITTEE (PAC) & ORS. ...PETITIONERS VERSUS THE STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS ...RESPONDENTS CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUVIR SEHGAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE YASHVIR SINGH RATHOR Present: Mr. Hemant Bassi, Senior Advocate with Mr. Sanyam Malhotra, Advocate and Mr. Raktabh, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. Puneet Bali, Senior Advocate, Mr. Vibhav Jain, Advocate, Mr. Favi Singla, Advocate, for the respondent-State. Mr. Maninderjit Singh Bedi, Sr. Advocate/A.G., Punjab, with Mr. Aftab Khara, DAG, Punjab. SUVIR SEHGAL, J.(ORAL) 1. Mr. Puneet Bali, learned senior counsel, who is appearing for State of Punjab, has placed on record a copy of Notification bearing No.H-U- 11020/22/2026-4H1/I/1378803/2026 dated 27.04.2026 to submit that The Punjab Unified Building Rules, 2025, have been withdrawn with effect from date of publication of the said notification. He submits that in view of this development, writ petition has become infructuous. 2. Mr. Bassi, learned senior counsel appearing for the petitioners, states that in view of the stand taken by the State Government, writ petition ha