IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No.411 of 1990 Date of decision: 18.05.2011 Anup Singh and others …..Petitioners versus The State of Haryana and others ……Respondents CORAM: Hon’ble Mr.Justice Jasbir Singh Hon’ble Mr.Justice Rakesh Kumar Garg Present: None Jasbir Singh, J. (Oral) This order will dispose of two writ petitions bearing Nos.411 and 413 of 1990, involving similar question of law and facts. For facility of reference, facts are being mentioned from CWP No.411 of 1990. By filing this writ petition, the petitioners have prayed that proceedings initiated against them by the Gram Panchayat under Section 7 (1)(2) the Punjab Village Common Lands (Regulation) Act, 1961 (in short, the Act), as amended by the Haryana Amendment Act, 1974, be quashed. In this writ petition, in the index, to get relief, reliance was placed upon pendency of CWP No.2010 of 1989. On 12.1.1990, it was ordered that this writ petition be put up for hearing after the decision rendered in that writ petition. As per office note, the writ petition No.2010 of 1989 was disposed of by this Court by passing an order on 15.12.2009, which reads thus:- “1. This petition seeks quashing of proceedings initiated under the provisions of the Punjab Village Common CWP No.411 of 1990 Lands(Regulation) Act, 1961, for eviction of the petitioner. The Panchayat filed application claiming ownership of the land in dispute. 2. Learned counsel for the writ petitioners submits that during the pendency of the writ petition, an amendment has been made vide Punjab Village Common Lands (Regulation) Haryana Amendment Act,1996. He also relies upon judgment of this Court in Puran v. State of Punjab 1997 (3) RCR 187 dealing with the effect of amendment. 3. None appears for the contesting respondents. 4. I am of the opinion that the issue can be considered by the statutory authorities in the first instance and there is no reason to preempt adjudication by the said authorities. 5. Accordingly, this petition is disposed of, relegating the petitioners to their remedy before the competent authority. The petitioners are directed to appear before the Assistant Collector Ist Grade, Guhla on 18.2.2010, who may proceed further in accordance with the law.” In view of above, this writ petition is also disposed of in the same terms as in CWP No.2010 of 1989. (Jasbir Singh) Judge 18.05.2011 (Rakesh Kumar Garg) gk Judge 2