C.R. No.2172 of 2007 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. C.R. No.2172 of 2007 Date of Decision: 29.1.2008 Davinder Kaur .....Petitioner Vs. Gram Panchayat and others ...Respondents .... CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RAJIVE BHALLA **** Present : Mr.V.K. Kaushal, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr.C.L. Sharma, Advocate for the responddents. ... RAJIVE BHALLA, J (Oral) Challenge in this revision petition is, to an order 16.3.2007 passed by the Civil Judge (Junior Division), Hoshiarpur, permitting respondents no.2 to 7 to be impleaded as parties. The dispute in the suit is with respect to the petitioner's possession over property, allegedly owned by the Gram Panchayat, referred to in the revenue record, as Shamlat Deh and being used by the village community for their common purposes. Counsel for the petitioner contends that the respondents could not have been impleaded, as no relief was sought against them. Counsel for respondents no.2 to 3, however, asserts that as the property in dispute is being used by residents of the village being a `Pond' (Chhappar), the respondents are interested in the outcome of the suit and as there is every apprehension that the Gram Panchayat would collude with the petitioner, the impugned order be upheld. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the C.R. No.2172 of 2007 2 impugned order. The order does not suffer from any error of jurisdiction or of law, as would warrant interference. The property in dispute is allegedly a Pond (Chhappar) used for common purposes by the villagers. The respondents are residents of the village and have asserted rights in common, with respect to the Pond. The learned trial Court, therefore, rightly impleaded the respondents as parties. No merit. Dismissed. 29.1.2008 ( RAJIVE BHALLA ) GS JUDGE