CWP No.10867 of 2009 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH ***** CWP No.10867 of 2009 Date of decision : 4.4.2011 Tilak Raj and others ........Petitioners Vs. Director, Rural Development and Panchayats, Punjab, Chandigarh and others .......Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA Present:- Mr.P.C.Rakra, Advocate, for the petitioners Mr.G.S.Attariwala, Addl.AG, Punjab Mr.C.L.Premy, Advocate, for respondent No.3 --- AJAI LAMBA, J (Oral) : Vide order dated 5.12.2006, Annexure P-2, District Development and Panchayats Officer-cum-Collector, Hoshiarpur, dismissed the application filed by Gram Panchayat, Talwandi Kalan, Tehsil Mukerian, District Hoshiarpur, under Section 7 of the Punjab Village Common Lands (Regulation) Act, 1961 (for short, 'the Act'), as applicable to Punjab. The Gram Panchayat carried an appeal that has been allowed vide order dated 25.7.2008 Annexure P-1. Annexure P-1 has been challenged by the petitioners. It has been pointed out by learned counsel for the respondent-Gram Panchayat that the petitioners have approached the prescribed authority under Section 11 of the Act and therefore, this petition needs to be disposed of at this stage. CWP No.10867 of 2009 -2- Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners contends that the order passed (Annexure P-1) would be implemented, thereby evicting the petitioners. Without doubt, the suit under Section 11 of the Act is pending adjudication. In the peculiar facts and circumstances of the case, this petition is disposed of with directions to the prescribed authority under Section 11 of the Act, to finally adjudicate and decide the case filed by the petitioners under Section 11 of the Act within a period of three months from today. Till the decision is rendered by the authority, dispossession of the petitioner shall remain stayed. (AJAI LAMBA) JUDGE 4.4.2011 akm