CWP No.15971 of 2011 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No.15971 of 2011 Date of decision: 29.08.2011 Paramjit Singh and others ....Petitioners Versus State of Punjab and others ....Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK SINGH Present: - Mr. Jag Nahar Singh, Advocate, for the petitioners. 1.Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2.Whether to be referred to the Reporters or not? 3.Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? ***** ALOK SINGH, J (ORAL) Learned counsel for the petitioners has vehemently submitted that petitioners have been directed to be evicted under Section 7 of the Punjab Village Common Lands (Regulation) Act, 1961 and have also been directed to pay penalty of ` 11, 27, 640/-. He further states that order passed by Collector (Panchayat Land)/DDPO, Patiala, has already been challenged in appeal before the Director/Commissioner, however, appellate authority has not stayed either eviction or recovery of the penalty as directed by learned Collector. Learned counsel for the petitioners fairly stated that learned appellate authority be directed to decide the appeal within such time as fixed by this Court and meanwhile operation and effect of the impugned order passed by Collector (Panchayat Land)/DDPO, Patiala, be stayed. I find that submissions made by learned counsel for the CWP No.15971 of 2011 -2- petitioners are genuine. Ordinarily while admitting the appeal, appellate court should stay the eviction as well as huge amount of penalty imposed by Collector (Panchayat Land)/DDPO, Patiala, under Section 7, however, without making any observation on the merit of the case, present petition is disposed of with the direction to the appellate authority i.e. respondent No.2 to decide the appeal filed by the petitioners within six months positively from the date certified copy of this order is placed before him at its own merit in accordance with law. During the pendency of the appeal before respondent No.2, impugned order passed by Collector (Panchayat Land)/DDPO, Patiala, dated 30.3.2011 shall remain stayed. (Alok Singh) Judge August 29, 2011 R.S.