S.S.Nijjar, J.

1. After arguing the matter for quite some time, when we were about to pronounce the orders, learned Counsel for the petitioner pointed out that respondent No. 6 had earlier filed a civil suit claiming that his parent committee was at Goniana which was opposed by the Mandi Board and was dismissed. Although the fact of dismissal of the suit was known to the petitioner at the commencement of the arguments, for reasons best known to him, he did not care to take the Bench into confidence till it became evident that the writ petition is likely to be dismissed. We would be fully satisfied in dismissing the writ petition and making some adverse comments with regard to the conduct of the learned Counsel for the petitioner. We, however, refrain from doing so considering the young age of the learned Counsel and with the hope that in future he would learn to make a candid disclosure of the relevant facts to the Bench at the relevant time. In the interest of justice, we adjourn this writ petition to enable the learned Counsel to place on record the pleadings of the Civil Suit together with the judgment of the civil court.

2. Adjourned to 14.1.2005.

3. Even after we had a