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On the other hand, learned counsel for the respondents has submitted that as per Section 3 of Punjab Pre-emption (Repeal) Act, (11 of 1973) [for short 'the 1973 Act], no Court could pass a decree in any suit for pre-emption on and from the date of commencement of the 1973 Act and has referred to a decision of the Supreme Court in the case of "Sadhu Singh and another Vs. Dharam Dev and others"
1980 PLJ 530.
I have heard learned counsel for the parties, carefully considered their submissions and found that Punjab Pre-emption Act, 1913 [for short 'the Act'] was made applicable to whole of Punjab and the Union Territory of 'HP' as it then was. It was repealed in respect of the State of Punjab by the Act of 1973.