Civil Writ Petition No. 1060 of 2008 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No. 1060 of 2008 Date of Order: 13.05.2010 Chander @ Chandersain ....Petitioner Versus The State of Haryana and others ..Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIVE BHALLA Present: Mr. Vikram Singh,Advocate for the Petitioner. Mr. Ashok Jindal, Addl. A.G.,Haryana for respondents no.1 to 3. Mr. C.B.Goel, Advocate and Mr. Lokesh Sinhal, Advocate for respondent No.4 RAJIVE BHALLA, J (Oral). Prayer in this petition is for issuance of a writ, order or direction, to restrain the Assistant Collector-cum-Sub Divisional Magistrate, Palwal, from proceeding with petition filed under Section 13-A of the Punjab Village Common Lands (Regulation) Act, 1961 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), as the land in dispute was created by river action and, therefore, does not vest in the Gram Panchayat. A perusal of the pleadings clearly establishes that a petition filed under Section 13-A of the Act is already pending. The jurisdiction to determine whether a particular piece of land vests or does not vest in a Gram Panchayat rests with a Collector. The writ petition is, thereofre, disposed of with a direction to the Collector, to Civil Writ Petition No. 1060 of 2008 -2- decide the application filed under Section 13-A of the Act, within six months from the receipt of a certified copy of this order. May 13, 2010 (RAJIVE BHALLA) nt JUDGE