CWP No.9218 of 1988 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No.9218 of 1988 Date of decision:18.03.2011 Surat Singh and others ..... Petitioners Versus The State of Punjab through Additional Director, Consolidation, Punjab, Jalandhar and others ..... Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIVE BHALLA Present: Mr.P.S.Kang, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr.S.S.Sahu, AAG, Punjab for respondent no.1. ***** RAJIVE BHALLA, J.(ORAL) The petitioners impugn an order dated 09.06.1988, passed by the Additional Director, Consolidation of Holdings Punjab, Jalandhar, exercising the power of the State under Section 42 of the East Punjab Holdings (Consolidation & Prevention of Fragmentation) Act, 1948 (hereinafter referred to as the Act). Surat Singh, petitioner no.1 filed a petition, under Section 42 of the Act, praying that as by way of a civil court decree he has become owner of land measuring 3 kanals and 2 marlas bearing Khasra no.24//11/3, 11/4, 11/5 he should be provided a path through Khasra no.35//1, 24//20/2, 21/1, 21/2 so as to reach his other land. The Additional Director Consolidation, rejected the petitioners application by holding that as consolidation proceedings concluded long back, the petitioners cannot be provided a path by consolidation authorities. CWP No.9218 of 1988 -2- I have heard counsel for the petitioners, perused the impugned order and find no reason whether in law or in fact to interfere. The petitioners appear to have obtained a decree with respect to a parcel of land owned by Dalip Kaur, widow of Bhagat Singh, a few decades after consolidation. The petitioners approached consolidation authorities for a path to link this land to their other land. The Additional Director Consolidation rightly dismissed the application as upon conclusion of consolidation proceedings authorities under the Act are functus officio and cannot interfere where rights are conferred after conclusion of consolidation proceedings. In view of what has been stated hereinabove, the writ petition is dismissed with liberty to the petitioners to seek such other remedy as may be available in accordance with law. No order as to costs. 18.03.2011 [ RAJIVE BHALLA ] shamsher JUDGE CWP No.9218 of 1988 -3-