Civil Writ Petition No. 6588 of 2009 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No. 6588 of 2009 Date of Order: 15.03.2010. Hari Singh ....Petitioner Versus Commissioner, Hissar Division and others ..Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIVE BHALLA Present: Mr. R.S.Sangwan, Advocate for the petitioner Mr. Anoop Sharma, Advocate for respondents no.1 to 3. Ms. Shivani Verma, Advocate and Mr. Mani Ram Verma, Advocate for respondent no.4. Mr. R.A.Sheoran, Advocate for respondents no.5 to 7. RAJIVE BHALLA, J (Oral). The petitioner prays for issuance of a writ in the nature of certiorari for quashing the orders dated 12.12.2005, 23.10.2007 and 23.01.2009, passed by the Assistant Collector Ist Grade, Charkhi Dadri, the Collector, Bhiwani, and the Commissioner, Hisar Division, Hisar, refusing to implead him as a party. Counsel for the petitioner gives up his prayer for being impleaded as party in proceedings pending under Section 13-A of the Punjab Village Common Lands (Regulation) Act, 1961 before the Assistant Collector Ist Grade, Dadri, but prays that a direction be issued to the Assistant Collector Ist Grade, Dadri, to decide the matter expeditiously. Civil Writ Petition No. 6588 of 2009 -2- Counsel for the private respondents states that he has no objection to the prayer made by counsel for the petitioner. In view of the limited prayer made by counsel for the petitioner, the impugned orders are affirmed but the Assistant Collector Ist Grade, Charkhi Dadri, is directed to decide the petition filed under Section 13-A of the Act within a period of four months from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order. The dismissal of the petitioner's application for being impleaded as a party shall not preclude him from filing a separate petition under Section 13A of the Act. Disposed of accordingly. March 15, 2010 (RAJIVE BHALLA) nt JUDGE