CWP No. 11403 of 2008 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No. 11403 of 2008 Date of decision: 11.07.2011 Gurmukh Singh etc. ….. PETITIONERS VERSUS Director, Land Records, Punjab, Jalandhar and others ….. RESPONDENTS CORAM:HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE JASBIR SINGH HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH Present: Mr. B.S.Mann, Advocate, for Mr. G.S.Nagra, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr. Manohar Lall, Addl. A.G. Punjab, for respondents No. 1 and 2. *** Jasbir Singh, J. (Oral) By filing this writ petition, the petitioners have laid challenge to an order dated 16.10.2007 (Annexure P-3) passed by the District Revenue Officer-cum-Consolidation Officer, Jalandhar, who has declined relief to the petitioners by taking note of the provisions of Section 42-A of the East Punjab Holdings (Consolidation and prevention of Fragmentation) Act, 1948 (in short 'the Act'). The provisions of Section 42-A of the Act CWP No. 11403 of 2008 2 came up for consideration before this Court in CWP No. 15509 of 2007 titled as Mahatam Singh and others vs. State of Punjab and others, decided on 20.05.2011 and the said provision was upheld with a rider that its operation shall start from 22.05.2007. It was so said in the light of an affidavit filed by the State Government on 04.08.2010, wherein it was stated that in the case of all the judgments, decrees, orders or decisions of any Court or any authority or any officer where partition of Jumla Malkan lands has been implemented or given effect to, the provisions of Section 42-A of the Act shall not have any effect. In view of the ratio of the judgment passed in CWP No. 15509 of 2007 titled as Mahatam Singh and others vs. State of Punjab and others, we feel that no interference can be made in the impugned order. Dismissed. ( JASBIR SINGH ) JUDGE ( AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH ) JUDGE July 11, 2011 pj