CR No. 2751 of 2010 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CR No. 2751 of 2010 Date of decision: 28.4.2010 The Gram panchayat, Ismailpur .........petitioner vs Rehtu Ram and others ........Respondents CORAM: - HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY TEWARI Present: - Mr. Sanjeev K. Panwar, Advocate for the petitioner .......... AJAY TEWARI, J (ORAL) .......... This petition has been filed against the order dated 20.2.2010 dismissing the objection of the petitioner. The respondents-decree holders had filed a recovery suit against the petitioner on the allegation that he had bid for and deposited certain amount to take the land of the petitioner on lease. The possession of the said land was not handed over to them. They consequently filed a suit for recovery of their bid amount. The suit was decreed. It was during execution that the objections were filed which have been rejected by the impugned order as mentioned above. It has further been ordered that the decretal amount would carry interest @ 12% from the date of auction till the date of the recovery. The first argument of learned counsel for the petitioner is that it was not the present elected Panchyat which is responsible for CR No. 2751 of 2010 -2- this mess. This argument has to be rejected as whatever liability was incurred by the previous Panchayat, the same is binding on the successor Panchayat. The second argument raised by the learned counsel for the petitioner is that the interest @ 12% which has been awarded in the decree is excessive. I am afraid that for an executing the Court it is not possible to go behind the decree. Consequently, this civil revision is dismissed. (AJAY TEWARI) JUDGE 28.4.2010 preeti