1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No. 3170 of 2010 Date of decision:- 12.01.2011 Manjit Singh and another. ......Petitioners Vs State of Punjab through Secretary, Rural Development and Panchayats, Punjab, Punjab Civil Secretariat, Chandigarh and others. ......Respondents CORAM:-HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RANJAN GOGOI, ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH Present: - Mr. HNS Gill, Advocate, for the petitioners. Ms. Madhu Dayal, Additional Advocate General, Punjab, for respondents No. 1 and 2. Mr. J.S. Bhandohal, Advocate, for respondent No. 3. * * * * RANJAN GOGOI, A.C.J. (ORAL) This PIL has been filed for eviction of encroachers from the village pond in village Kurari, Tehsil and District Mohali. It will not be necessary to keep this PIL pending any longer as from the averments made in the written statement of respondents No. 1 and 2 it appears that eviction of encroachers is now pending before the Collector, SAS Nagar, Mohali on an application filed under Section 7 of the Punjab Village Common Lands (Regulation) Act, 1961. The 2 said application was filed way back in March, 2010. Learned Counsel for the writ petitioners has raised a grievance that eviction of only 13 as against 34 encroachers have been sought. Without commenting on the said part of the grievance raised, we direct the Collector, SAS Nagar, Mohali to finalize the matter by passing appropriate final orders in accordance with law within a period of two months from today. The Block Development and Panchayat Officer, Kharar will also verify as to whether apart from the 13 persons against whom he had proceeded there are other encroachers and if so the said authority will take necessary action against such encroachers also in accordance with law. This will dispose of the PIL. (RANJAN GOGOI) ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE (AUGUSTINE GEORGE MASIH) JUDGE 12.01.2011 Amodh