CWP No.17503 of 2010 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No.17503 of 2010 Date of decision:07.10.2010 Jagjit Singh, Ex-Sarpanch and others ..... Petitioners Versus The Financial Commissioner, Appeals-I, Punjab, Chandigarh and others ..... Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIVE BHALLA Present: Mr.Sandeep Jasuja, Advocate for the petitioners. ***** RAJIVE BHALLA, J.(ORAL) The petitioners in essence impugn the orders, passed by revenue authorities, sanctioning a mutation on the basis of an exchange of land in dispute between respondents no.2 and 3. Counsel for the petitioners submits that the land in dispute was gifted by the petitioners predecessors for religious purposes to the Gurdwara. The exchange of this land between the Gurdwara and the College violates the terms and conditions of the gift thereby rendering the exchange null and void. It is further submitted that the authority letter produced by the alleged representative of the Gurdwara, could not have been considered as sufficient representation on behalf of the Gurdwara. I have heard counsel for the petitioners and perused the impugned orders. Whether the exchange of land is illegal or void, is a matter for the petitioners, to raise before a civil court. A revenue officer, exercising summary powers under the Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887, has no jurisdiction to determine disputes that involve intricate rights of parties. The validity of the exchange of land and whether it violates the terms and CWP No.17503 of 2010 -2- conditions of the gift, has to be challenged before a civil court. Mutation proceedings are by their very nature summary and therefore, do not divest or confer title upon a party. In this view of the matter, the writ petition is dismissed with liberty to the petitioners to challenge the validity of the alleged exchange of land by filing a civil suit before a civil court. 07.10.2010 [ RAJIVE BHALLA ] shamsher JUDGE