Chandigarh, July 24 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court on Wednesday disposed of a petition by displaced furniture market shopkeepers after the Chandigarh administration assured that their demand of rehabilitation will be reconsidered.

The petition was filed on July 17 by Jaswinderpal Singh and 115 odd other shopkeepers, challenging UT's final notice given before the demolition was carried out on July 20.

Their argument was that they had been doing business here since 1986 and the UT's move would adversely affect their livelihood. However, they did not get a relief from the high court and demolition was carried out on July 20.

After the Wednesday hearing, one of the traders' lawyers, Amandeep Singh Talwar, said after UT's assurance of...