IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.18746 of 2007 Date of Decision: March 15, 2011 Hukma .....PETITIONER(S) VERSUS State of Haryana & others .....RESPONDENT(S) . . . CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA PRESENT: - Mr. Vikram Singh, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Sukhvinder Singh Nara, Senior Deputy Advocate General, Haryana, for respondent Nos.1 and 2. Mr. S.K. Gautam, Advocate, for respondent No.3. . . . AJAI LAMBA, J (Oral) 1. This civil writ petition challenges Order dated 29.1.2007 (Annexure P-3) passed by Assistant Collector 1st Grade, Panipat; and Order dated 20.3.2007 (Annexure P-5) passed by Collector, Panipat. 2. Application of Gram Panchayat filed under Section 7 of the Punjab Village Common CWP No.18746 of 2007 [2] Lands (Regulation) Act, 1961 (for short, ‘the Act’) as applicable to Haryana, has been allowed vide Order Annexure P-3. A penalty has been imposed on the petitioner for remaining in unauthorised possession of the land. 3. The petitioner filed an appeal which has been dismissed vide Order Annexure P-5 in view of the fact that petitioner had not deposited the penalty amount as required under Section 7(2) of the Act. 5. Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that Full Bench of this Court in Civil Writ Petition No.20161 of 2004 titled ‘Ranjit Singh vs. State of Haryana’, decided on 3.1.2011, rendered a decision in favour of the case set up by the petitioner. The petitioner would accordingly make an application to the appellate authority i.e. Collector, Panipat, for entertaining the appeal of the petitioner and hearing it on facts and merits. 6. Learned counsel for the respondents have not been able to dispute the legal position. 7. This petition is allowed. Order dated 20.3.2007 (Annexure P-5) is hereby quashed. Petitioner may make an application to the appellate authority prescribed under the Punjab Common Lands (Regulation) Act, 1961, in term of CWP No.18746 of 2007 [3] decision rendered by Full Bench of this Court in Civil Writ Petition No.20161 of 2004 titled ‘Ranjit Singh vs. State of Haryana’, which shall be considered and decided by the appellate authority. (AJAI LAMBA) March 15, 2011 JUDGE avin 1. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 2. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest?