Civil Writ Petition No. 20438 of 2008 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No. 20438 of 2008 Date of Order: 21.09.2010 Pal Singh ....Petitioner Versus State of Punjab through its Financial Commissioner (Appeals-I), Punjab, Chandigarh and others ..Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIVE BHALLA Present: Mr. H.S.Deol, Advocate for the petitioner Mr. C.S.Brar, DAG, Punjab and Ms. Anu Pal, AAG, Punjab for respondents no.1 to 4 Mr. Harmanjit Singh Jugoit, Advocate for respondent no.5. RAJIVE BHALLA, J (Oral). The petitioner prays for issuance of a writ in the nature of certiorari for quashing the orders dated 05.12.2006, 11.09.2007, 27.02.2008 and 18.09.2008, passed by the District Collector, Patiala, the Divisional Commissioner, Patiala Division, Patiala and the Financial Commissioner (Appeals-1), Punjab, respectively. After addressing arguments for some time, counsel for the parties are ad-idem that the order dated 18.09.2008, passed by the Financial Commissioner may be set aside and the matter should be remitted to the Collector, Patiala, to decide the matter afresh and in Civil Writ Petition No. 20438 of 2008 -2- accordance with law, within a period of six months. In view of the agreement between counsel for the parties, the writ petition is allowed, the impugned orders are set aside and the matter is remitted to the Collector, Patiala, to decide the Lambardari of Village Kaidupur, Tehsil Nabha, District Patiala, afresh and in accordance with law, within six months from receipt of a certified copy of this order. During pendency of the proceedings before the Collector, Patiala, Kuldeep Singh, respondent no.5 shall continue to discharge the duties of the Lambardari. Parties are directed to appear before the Collector, Patiala, on 14.10.2010. September 21, 2010 (RAJIVE BHALLA) nt JUDGE