IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.6077 of 2011 Date of Decision : April 05, 2011. Parkash Singh .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents Civil Writ Petition No.6078 of 2011 Parkash Singh and others .....Petitioners versus State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.R.S.Bains, Advocate, for the petitioners. -.- 1. Whether Reporters of Local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? --- Surya Kant, J. (Oral) This order shall dispose of Civil Writ Petition Nos.6077 and 6078 of 2011 as common questions of law and facts are involved in both these cases. 2] For brevity, the facts are being extracted from Civil Writ Petition No.6077 of 2011. 3] The Gram Panchayat of village Thati, Tehsil Ajnala, District Amritsar filed eviction petition against the petitioners under Sections 4, 5 & 7 of the Punjab Public Premises and Land (Eviction and Rent Recovery) Act, 1973, on the plea that they are in unauthorized possession of the Gram Panchayat land. The Collector-cum-District Development and Panchayat C.W.P.No .6077 of 2011 & C.W.P.No .6078 of 2011 2 Officer, Amritsar allowed that petition and passed the eviction order on 12.8.2010 (Annexure P-1). The petitioners are said to have preferred their statutory appeals before the Director, Rural Development and Panchayat, Punjab. It is alleged that neither the appellate powers have been entrusted by the Director, Rural Development and Panchayat to any other officer nor he himself regularly holds the Court and nor available till the matter is adjourned for April 13, 2011. It further appears that the Gram Panchayat meanwhile is seeking execution of the eviction order and the huts constructed by the petitioners are likely to be demolished. Having heard learned counsel for the petitioners and considering the nature of relief sought in this writ petition and also keeping in view the fact that in case the eviction order is executed, the appeals preferred by the petitioners would render infructuous, I deem it appropriate to dispose of this writ petition with a direction that the execution of the eviction order dated 12.8.2010 shall remain stayed till the statutory appeals of the petitioners are decided by the Appellate Authority. The Director, Rural Development and Panchayat-cum-Appellate Authority is directed to expedite the disposal of the appeals as early as possible and preferably by 31.5.2011. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. April 05, 2011 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE