IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No. 16624 of 2011 Date of decision:7th September, 2011 Om Parkash .......Petitioner Versus State of Haryana and others ........Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT GUPTA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIJENDER SINGH MALIK Present: Mr. Ram Pal Verma, Advocate for the petitioner. Hemant Gupta, J.(Oral) The petitioner has claimed a writ of mandamus that respondent No. 3--Gram Panchayat, village Khewra should not change the nature of land in dispute in any manner than the purpose reserved during consolidation. For such relief, the petitioner has an alternative and efficacious remedy before the authorities under the Punjab Village Common Lands (Regulation) Act, 1961. This writ petition is accordingly dismissed with the aforesaid liberty to the petitioner to approach the appropriate authority. [HEMANT GUPTA] JUDGE [VIJENDER SINGH MALIK] JUDGE 7th September, 2011 Shivani Kaushik