Civil Revision No.4787 of 2011(O&M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Civil Revision No.4787 of 2011(O&M) Date of Decision: August 9, 2011 Gram Panchayat Bukharpur .....Petitioner v. Nihal Singh .....Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RAM CHAND GUPTA Present: Mr.Adarsh Jain, Advocate for the petitioners. ..... RAM CHAND GUPTA, J.(Oral) C.M.No.19077-CII of 2011 Application is allowed subject to all just exceptions. Civil Revision No.4787 of 2011 The present revision petition has been filed under Article 227 of the Constitution of India for setting aside and quashing of order dated 3.6.2011, vide which evidence of petitioner-Gram Panchayat was closed on application for initiating contempt of Court proceedings filed by respondent-applicant-plaintiff. I have heard learned counsel for the petitioner and have gone through the whole record carefully including the impugned order passed by learned trial Court. It has been contended by learned counsel for the petitioner that though sufficient opportunities were availed by petitioner-Gram Panchayat to adduce evidence and though the affidavit regarding examination-in-chief of present Sarpanch of petitioner-Gram Panchayat was already filed on Civil Revision No.4787 of 2011(O&M) -2- 9.5.2011 and, however, only his cross-examination is to be conducted. It is also contended that on two dates of hearing, date was also sought by counsel for the respondent-plaintiff for his cross-examination. It is also contended that petitioner only wants to produce the said Sarpanch for the purpose of cross-examination by counsel for the respondent so that his statement be read into evidence, besides tendering some documents in evidence. In view of these facts, one opportunity can be granted to the petitioner-Gram Panchayat for this purpose and another party can be compensated by way of cost. Hence, the present revision petition is accepted. Impugned order is modified to the extent that learned trial Court is directed to grant one opportunity to petitioner-Gram Panchayat to produce its Sarpanch for the purpose of cross-examination by counsel for the respondent-plaintiff so that his statement be read into evidence and also to tender the documents, if per se admissible subject to payment of `5,000/- as cost which shall be a condition precedent. 9.8.2011 (Ram Chand Gupta) meenu Judge