IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Civil Writ Petition No.7227 of 2010 DATE OF DECISION : MAY 10, 2011 MOUJI & ORS. ....... PETITIONER(S) VERSUS STATE OF HARYANA & ORS. .... RESPONDENT(S) CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA PRESENT: Mr. KDS Hooda, Advocate, for the petitioner(s). Mr. BS Saini, Sr. DAG, Haryana. Mr. PR Yadav, Advocate, for respondent No.7. Mr. Nonish Kumar, Advocate, for respondent No.8. AJAI LAMBA, J. (Oral) 1 It transpires that vide order dated 31.8.2009 (Annexure P-1), Assistant Collector Ist Grade and District Development and Panchayat Officer, Karnal, allowed the application under Section 7 of the Punjab Village Common Lands (Regulation) Act, 1961 (for short 'the Act'), as applicable to Haryana, against the petitioners, on the ground that the land belongs to the Gram Panchayat. The petitioners are in illegal possession of the land. 2 Be that as it may, vide order (Annexure P-1), the Prescribed Authority under Section 7 of the Act, gave liberty to the petitioners to purchase the land, if they fulfilled all the conditions, as per the policy of the Government. The deposit of Civil Writ Petition No.7227 of 2010 2 the price of the land in question was to be made within two months of receipt of the order. 3 Vide letter endorsed on 20.4.2010 (Annexure P-5), it has been said that illegal possession be removed from khasra No.303, which is a Gair Mumkin Johar and possession be handed over to the Gram Panchayat. It has also been stated that limitation to deposit the amount had already expired. 4 Since the land is required to be utilised for common purposes, personal and private purpose must give way. Order passed under Section 7 of the Act is an order passed by the statutory authority, having competent jurisdiction. 5 No ground for interference in extra ordinary writ jurisdiction is made out. 6 The petition is, accordingly, dismissed. May 10, 2011 ( AJAI LAMBA ) Kang JUDGE 1.To be referred to the Reporters or not? 2.Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest?