Civil Writ Petition No. 1869 of 1988 1 .. IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No. 1869 of 1988 (O&M) Date of Decision : 08.11.2010. Gram Panchayat, Bakana .. Petitioner Versus The Collector, Kurukshetra and others .. Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE NAWAB SINGH. Present:- Mr. Vivek Aggarwal, Advocate, for Mr. Sudershan Goel, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr. K.C.Gupta, Sr. DAG, Haryana, for respondents No. 1 to 3. Mr. G.S.Bhatia, Advocate, for respondent No.4. Mr. Anil Kshetarpal, Advocate, for respondent No.5. NAWAB SINGH, J (Oral) Gram Panchayat, Bakana, Tehsil Thanesar, District Kurukshetra has filed the present petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, impugning the orders dated July 24th, 1985 (Annexure P/3), March 23rd, 1987 (Annexure P/4) and November 11th, 1987 (Annexure P/5) passed by Commissioner, Ambala Division, Assistant Collector Ist Grade, Thanesar, and Collector, Kurukshetra, respectively. 2. Pursuant to the order dated July 24th, 1985 (Annexure P/3) of Commissioner, Ambala Division, the Assistant Collector Ist Grade, Thanesar, decided the suit on March 23rd, 1987, Civil Writ Petition No. 1869 of 1988 2 .. titled – Atam Parkash Versus Gram Panchayat, Bakana and others, under Section 13-A of the Punjab Village Common Lands (Regulation) Act 1961, as applicable to Haryana, declaring that the suit land comprised in Khewat No. 362/347, Khatauni No. 522, Khasra No. 81, 81/2, 81/3, measuring 78 Kanals 9 Marlas situated in village Bakana, does not vest in Gram Panchayat, Bakana, rather it belonged to Punjab Wakf Board (hereinafter referred to as "the Board"), respondent No.4. The petitioner-Gram Panchayat challenged the order of Assistant Collector Ist Grade, Thanesar before the Collector, Kurukshetra , but the same was upheld vide order dated November 11th, 1987 (Annexure P/5). 3. The point at issue, before this Court, is as to whether the suit land vests in Gram Panchayat or not? 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner could not point out any document in support of the contention that the suit land vests in Gram Panchayat, Bakana. On the other hand, a perusal of the order (Annexure P/4) shows that in the column of ownership in the jamabandi for the year 1967-68, the land was owned by the Board. It was given on lease by the Board vide receipts Exhibits R-1 to R-17 to Atam Parkash. Copy of the order (Exhibit D-2) and the notification (Exhibit RW-3/3) also prove that the land belonged to the Board. Mutation was also sanctioned in favour of the Board vide order No. 1602 dated April 16th, 1986. In view of this, the Courts below rightly observed that the suit land did not vest in Gram Panchayat, Bakana. Thus, no illegality or irregularity is discernible in the impugned orders, Annexures P/3 to P/5. 5. Dismissed. (NAWAB SINGH) JUDGE November 08, 2010. som