Civil Writ Petition No.10167 of 2009 -1- **** IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.10167 of 2009 Date of decision : 13.7.2009 Jaswant Singh and others .....Petitioners Versus State of Punjab and others ...Respondents **** CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S. D. ANAND Present: Mr.Kanwaljit Singh, Senior Advocate with Mr. G.S.Ghuman, Advocate for the petitioners. S. D. ANAND, J. The petitioners filed the present writ petition with a view to obtain the invalidation of the impugned order dated 18.2.2009 vide which the Director, Rural Development and Panchayat Department, Punjab exercising the powers of Commissioner under Punjab Village Common Lands (Regulation) Act, 1961 (respondent no.1) disposed of an appeal filed by the petitioners herein, alongwith the appeal filed by one Baldev Singh before this Court. Both the appeals were disposed of by the same order by observing that those involved similar facts and law. Learned counsel for the petitioners argues that the impugned order proceeds on a factually incorrect premise inasmuch as the facts pertaining to the appeal filed by the petitioners were dis-similar from the facts involved in appeal filed by Baldev Singh. Notice of motion. Mr. Ajaib Singh, learned Additional Advocate General, Punjab accepts notice on behalf of the respondents. Civil Writ Petition No.10167 of 2009 -2- **** Learned Senior Counsel, appearing on behalf of the petitioners states that he would be content and interests of justice would be served if respondent no.1 is directed to dispose of the plea afresh in the light of the pleadings filed by the parties before respondent no.1. Learned State Counsel, after having perused the petition, states that he has no objection to the grant of request made by the learned Senior counsel for the petitioners. The petition shall stand disposed of accordingly with a direction to respondent no.1 to dispose of the plea afresh, in the light of the pleadings filed by the parties before him, within one month from today. It will be for the State counsel to communicate the order to the competent authority. Copy of the order be given to the learned State Sounsel under the signatures of the Court Secretary. July 13, 2009 (S. D. ANAND) Pka JUDGE