IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Civil Writ Petition No.8762 of 2011 DATE OF DECISION : MAY 18, 2011 DHARAMPAL ALIAS DHARAMPAL SINGH ....... PETITIONER(S) VERSUS JOINT DEVELOPMENT COMMISSIONER (IRD), PUNJAB & ORS. .... RESPONDENT(S) CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA PRESENT: Mr. RS Chauhan, Advocate, for the petitioner(s). AJAI LAMBA, J. (Oral) 1 The petitioner has challenged order dated 10.9.2008 (Annexure P-2), passed by the Prescribed Authority/Collector, Nawanshahr, and order dated 11.11.2009 (Annexure P-3), passed by the Appellate Authority/Commissioner, S.A.S. Nagar. The orders have been passed under Section 11 of the Punjab Village Common Lands (Regulation) Act, 1961 (for short 'the Act'), as applicable to Punjab. Findings recorded by the authorities are to the effect that the land at issue is a pond and, therefore, the petitioner cannot be declared as owner of the land. Pond is in abadi deh and vests in the Gram Panchayat. 2 It transpires that the application of the Gram Panchayat under Section 7 of the Act has already been allowed and the appeal of the petitioner dismissed. Civil Writ Petition No.8762 of 2011 2 3 No ground for judicial review of the impugned orders, in the peculiar facts and circumstances of the case, in extra ordinary writ jurisdiction, is made out. The impugned orders have been passed while taking into account relevant material. The nature of land is such that it is required to be used for common purposes by the residents of the village. 4 The petition is, accordingly, dismissed in limine. May 18, 2011 ( AJAI LAMBA ) Kang JUDGE 1.To be referred to the Reporters or not? 2.Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest?