High Court Punjab-Haryana High Court

Kashmir Singh vs State Of Punjab & Others on 7 October, 2009

Punjab-Haryana High Court
Kashmir Singh vs State Of Punjab & Others on 7 October, 2009
CWP No.10016 of 2009                                                       -1-


      IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT
                     CHANDIGARH

                                         CWP No.10016 of 2009
                                         Date of decision:07.10.2009.


Kashmir Singh                                                 ..... Petitioner

                               VERSUS

State of Punjab & Others                                    .... Respondents


CORAM:HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE M.M.KUMAR.
      HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE JASWANT SINGH.

Present: Mr.R.K.Sharma, Advocate, for the petitioner.

          Mr.Rajesh Garg, Addl.A.G., Punjab, for respondent Nos.1 to 3.

          Mr.J.R.Mittal,Senior Advocate,with Mr.S.S.Grewal,Advocate and
          Mr.Kashmir Singh, Advocate, for respondent No.4.

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1. To be referred to the Reporters or not?

2. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest?

M.M.KUMAR J.

The grievance made by the petitioner in this petition is that Gram

Panchayat, Village Kang-respondent No.4, be restrained from auctioning

the land belonging to the petitioner comprised in Khasra No.102//11/1(6-4),

103//14 (2-4), 103//14/2 (5-12), 15 (7-16). He claims to be owner and in

cultivating possession of the land.

The petitioner has also challenged the constitutional validity of

Section 42-A of East Punjab Holdings (Consolidation and Fragmentation)

Act, 1948 which has been added by way of amendment by the Punjab Act

No.6 of 2007 (Annexure P-3).

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At the hearing, Mr.J.R.Mittal, learned Senior counsel for the

Gram Panchayat- respondent No.4 has stated that the Gram Panchayat shall

not dispossess the petitioner, or auction the land without taking recourse to

law as per the provisions of Punjab Village Common Lands (Regulation)

Act, 1961.

In view of the aforesaid statement, the learned counsel for the

petitioner does not press the present petition.

Disposed of accordingly.


                                                           (M.M.KUMAR)
                                                               JUDGE



                                                      (JASWANT SINGH)
07.10.2009                                                JUDGE
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