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Chandigarh, October 14
The Punjab and Haryana High Court today issued notice of motion to the Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA), its chief administrator and the state of Punjab on a petition seeking quashing the list of successful a pplicants for 300 square yards plot size in the scheduled caste and scheduled tribe categories.

In the petition placed before Justice Surya Kant, directions have also been sought to the respondents to formulate a fresh scheme pertaining to the scheduled caste and scheduled tribe categories.

Claiming to be a member of the Vimukat caste, included in scheduled tribe, petitioner Mahavir Kumar of Ferozepur district said the “broacher showed that 15 per cent of the total number of plots have been collectively reserved for the SCs and STs, whereas it needs to be earmarked separately.

His counsel CM Munjal asserted: “In the present case, the respondents have committed a complete illegality and irregularity by putting the application form of the petitioner in the SC category. A separate draw of lot should have been held.”

In an attempt to substantiate his contentions, Munjal said there was a separate National Commission for Scheduled Caste and a National Commission for Scheduled Tribe.

As such, both the categories should have been treated separately.

Chandigarh, October 14
The UT administration’s decision to refuse the use of Sector 22 Nehru Park for staging Ramlila has come under the Punjab and Haryana High Court scanner.

The development is significant as the Chandigarh Ramlila Committee has been staging the great Indian epic at the venue for the past more than two decades.

Taking up the petition filed by the Chandigarh Ramlila Committee, Justice Permod Kohli issued a notice of motion to the Municipal Corporation and the UT administration for filing their reply. The petitioner is seeking for permitting it to use Nehru Park for Ramlila and Dasehra festivals.

The petitioner asserted that in 2008, the Chandigarh administration started converting the park into green belt, but even in 2009, it was permitted to celebrate the festivals in the park.

But this year, the matter was initially prolonged and on October 8, just before Ramlila was to be staged, permission was refused under the garb of the area being a green belt. Alleging bias, the petitioners submitted the administration had allowed the use green belt in Sector 30 for Ramlila.

Chandigarh, October 14
Kharak Singh, a peon in the Punjab water supply and sewerage department, died after being hit by a truck in front of the Police Lines, Sector 26, here this evening.

The 47-year-old victim, a resident of Indira Colony, Mani Majra, was crossing the road after parking his scooter when he was knocked down by the truck (HP 62 A 5673) at 6.30 pm. The police rushed him to the Sector 16 GMSH, where he was declared brought dead. — TNS

Chandigarh, October 14
The title clash of the boys’ singles (U-12) of the AITA Talent Tennis Tournament will be an all-Chandigarh affair as local lads Param Pun and Paramveer Singh Bajwa will be facing each other tomorrow.

While Param Pun beat Uttkarsh Bhardwaj from Uttar Pradesh 2-6, 6-0, 6-4 in the first semifinal, Paramveer Singh Bajwa got the better of Siddharth Basnet, also from Chandigarh, 6-0, 6-0.

In the girls’ U-16 singles, Pooja Mourya of Punjab and Kavita Mishra of Maharashtra set up title clash.

Results

Boys U-12 (semifinals): Param Pun (Chandigarh) beat Uttkarsh Bhardwaj (Chandigarh) 2-6, 6-0, 6-4; Paramveer Singh Bajwa (Chandigarh) beat Siddharth Basnet (Chandigarh) 6-0, 6-0.

Boys U-16 (Semifinals): Sachin Kumar (Chandigarh) beat Uday Singh Mann (Chandigarh) 6-1, 6-3, Ranjeet Singh (Chandigarh) beat Dheeranush Singh Bhatti (Chandigarh) 6-3, 7-6.

Girls U-12 (semifinals): Shriya Kalia (Himachal) bt Saumya Saxena (Chandigarh) 6-0, 6-2; Sarah Dev (Punjab) beat Tanysha Dussabje 6-4, 6-3.

Girls U-16 (semifinals): Pooja Mourya (Punjab) beat Bhavya Wadhawan (Chandigarh) 6-4, 6-2; Kavita Mishra (Maharastra) beat Nimrat Walia (Chandigarh) 6-0, 6-0.

Boys U-12 doubles (semifinals): Param Pun (Chandigarh) and Paramveer Singh Bajwa (Chandigarh) beat Rishabh Sharda (Chandigarh) and Sagar Bains (Chandigarh) 4-2, 4-5, 10-4; Yugul Bansal (Delhi) and Sacchit Sharrma (Delhi) beat Kabir Manrai (Chandigarh) and Arman Anand (Delhi) 4-2, 5-4, 10-3.

Boys U-16 doubles (semifinals): Vikas Berwal (Haryana) and Dheeranush Singh Bhatti (Chandigarh) beat Pranav Suri (Chandigarh) and Sean Yip (Chandigarh) 4-2, 5-4 (5), 12-10; Ranjeet Singh (Chandigarh) and Udai Singh Mann (Chandigarh) beat Sachin Kumar (Chandigarh) and Nirbhay Singh Soin (Gujarat) 5-3, 4-2.

Girls U-16 doubles (semifinals): Pooja Mourya (Punjab) and Simerjeet Kaur beat Charvi Saxena (Chandigarh) and Saumya Saxena (Chandigarh) 4-1, 5-4 (2); Valentina Shekhar (Punjab) and Kavita Mishra (Punjab) neat Bani (Punjab) and Harsimran Kaur (Punjab) 4-0, 4-0.

Chandigarh, October 14
Tarundeep Singh Chadha of Chandigarh fired the best four under par card on the final day to win the qualifying tournament of the Albatross Junior Tour with a two day gross score of 141 on the greens of the Jaypee Greens, Noida.

Tarundeep was the leader among the 12 junior golfers, six boys and six girls, who qualified for the Asian Tournament of Champions to be played at Mission Hills in China in December.

The qualifying tournament was watched by Matt Bashaw, senior director, Hank Haney IJGT. Hank Haney, who recently resigned as coach of Tiger Woods, is committed to bringing up juniors, specially in Asia, honing their skills and taking them to the number one spot. Bashaw had a word of praise for Tarundeep for his four under card on the final day.

The following 12 made it to the Indian squad for the Asian Tournament of Champions:

Boys: 16 to 19 years: Tarundeep Singh Chadha, Ankur Chadha and Arjun Singh; 12 to 15 years: Piyush Sangwan, Manu Gandas and Harman Virk.

Girls: 16 to 19 years: Gauri Monga, Meher Atwal and Niketa Arjun; 12 to 15 years: Gurbani Singh, Seher Atwal and Astha Madan.

In the 16 to 19 age group, Ankur Chadha finished one stroke behind Tarundeep at 142, with Arjun Singh tallying 148. Gauri Monga led the girls’ tally with a score of one under par shooting an aggregate of 143 followed by Meher Atwal (154) and Nikita Arjun (162).

Gurbani Singh (144) shot a level par score on the last day to lead the 12 to 15 age group category, followed by 12-year-old Seher Atwal (153) and Astha Madan (156).

As usual the tournament provided entertainment with a tie between Piyush Sangwan and Manu Gandas at 146 in the boys' 12-15 age group. Piyush, cheered up by his chirpy young friends and competitors, fired a 30-foot birdie putt in a play-off with Manu ending with a par on the ninth hole.

David Range, chief referee, and John Volz, a US Class A pro, with the assistance of Col Sharawat provided the professionalism to the parents' funded tour, which has become one of the most sought-after contests among junior players of India. 

Chandigarh, October 14
Punjabi University, Patiala, got the better of CCS University, Meerut, by 2-1 on the first day of North Zone Inter University Badminton (Women) Championship-2010-11, being played on a knock out basis at the Panjab University gymnasium hall here today.

The other teams which won their respective matches included JMI University, New Delhi, HP University, Shimla, MJP University, Rohelkhand, Kumaun University, Nanital, Jammu University, Jammu, and Kurukshetra University.

Results

Punjabi University, Patiala, beat CCS University, Meerut 2-1; JMI
University, New Delhi, beat Allahabad University, Allahabad, 2-0; Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla, beat Bundelkhand University, Jhansi, 2-0; MJP University, Rohelkhand, beat, Thapar University, Patiala, 2-1; Kumaun University, Nanital, beat CSK HPKV, Palampur, 2-0; Jammu University, Jammu, beat PAU, Ludhiana, 2-0; Kurukshetra University beat PTU, Jalandhar, 2-0.