IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.4118 of 2010 Date of decision: 29th July, 2010 Daljit Singh and another … Petitioners Versus State of Punjab and others … Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA Present: Mr. Raj Kumar Garg, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. J.S. Puri, Additional Advocate General, Punjab for the State. Mr. R.K.S. Brar, Advocate for respondent No.6. KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA, J. (ORAL) Two residents of village Nadala have filed the present writ petition seeking quashing of the order (Annexure P-6) dated 26th November, 2009 passed by the Joint Director, Department of Rural Development and Panchayat, Punjab. The Joint Director, on the basis of the report submitted by Deputy Director of the Department, came to a conclusion that the Gram Panchayat is converting the passage into a park and the passage, being 17 feet wide, cannot be converted into a park. In the impugned order (Annexure P-6), it was suggested that for warding off the threat of encroachment, the passage can be used for constructing the shops, to garner more revenue for the Gram Panchayat. The grievance of the petitioners, who are residents of the village, is that respondent No.6-Harbhajan Singh is encroaching upon the Civil Writ Petition No.4118 of 2010 said Panchayat land and earlier also the Panchayat land was got vacated from respondent No.6 with great difficulty. I have heard counsel for the parties. Mr. J.S. Puri, Additional Advocate General, Punjab, submits that nobody will be allowed to encroach upon the Panchayat land and the BDPO, Nadala will make all efforts that the property of the Gram Panchayat is kept free from encroachments. Counsel for the petitioner prays that in view of the statement made by counsel for the State, the present writ petition be disposed of in the same terms. Ordered accordingly. [KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA] JUDGE July 29, 2010 rps 2