C.W.P. No. 9934 of 2010 ::1:: IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH C.W.P. No. 9934 of 2010 Date of Decision : August 03, 2011. Amandeep Singh and others .....Petitioners versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Arun Jain, Senior Advocate, with Mr.Sunil Sharma, Advocate, for the petitioners. Ms. Sudipti Sharma, DAG, Punjab. Mr. C.L. Premy, Advocate, with Mr.Manish Joshi, Advocate, for respondent No.4. **** 1. Whether Reporters of Local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? --- Surya Kant, J. (Oral) The petitioners have approached this Court against the action of the Gram Panchayat in fixing auction of the agricultural land in relation to which an application under Section 11 of the Punjab Village Common Lands (Regulation) Act, 1961 (for short 'the Act') filed by the Gram Panchayat against the petitioners was pending consideration before the Collector, Patiala. C.W.P. No. 9934 of 2010 ::2:: Keeping the said fact in view, this Court passed the following order on 26th May, 2010. “Counsel for the petitioners submits that in view of orders passed by this Court holding that the land does not vest in the Gram Panchayat and the fact that a petition filed under Section 11 of the Punjab Village Common Lands (Regulation) Act, 1961, at the behest of the Gram Panchayat is pending adjudication, the land cannot be put to auction. Notice of motion for 16.08.2010. The respondents are restrained from auctioning the land in dispute till further orders.” Learned counsel for the parties state that final arguments in the petition under Section 11 of the Act have been heard and the order is reserved. That being the stage of the proceedings under Section 11 of the Act, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the Gram Panchayat, Jalbera, Tehsil Sirhind, District Patiala and other authorities to take an appropriate decision regarding auctioning of the land in question only after and keeping in view the decision of the Collector in the case under Section 11 of the Act and/or subject to the final decision in those proceedings. August 03, 2011 (SURYA KANT) sukhpreet JUDGE