Civil Writ Petition No. 13640 of 2008 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No. 13640 of 2008 Date of Order: 12.10.2010 Gram Panchayat Village Mulowal, Tehsil Dhuri, Distt. Sangrur through its Administrator Sh. Madan Lal, J.E. ....Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others ..Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJIVE BHALLA Present: Mr. R.K.S.Brar,Advocate for the petitioner Ms. Anu Pal, AAG, Punjab for respondents no.1 and 2 Mr. Jitender Singla, Advocate for respondents no.4, 8, 9 and 11 RAJIVE BHALLA, J (Oral). The petitioner prays for issuance of a writ in the nature of certiorari for quashing the orders dated 08.04.2002 and 02.07.2008, passed by the Distt. Development and Panchayat Officer, Sangrur (exercising the power of Collector) and the Joint Development Commissioner (IRD) (exercising the powers of Commissioner). Counsel for the petitioner submits that as the order dated 08.04.2002 required the private respondents to deposit the market value of the land in dispute as assessed by the Collector, their failure to deposit the market value entitled the Gram Panchayat to seek possession of the land. The Gram Panchayat, therefore, filed an Civil Writ Petition No. 13640 of 2008 -2- application for taking possession but the private respondents filed an appeal before respondent no.2. It is submitted that respondent no.2 has no jurisdiction to grant liberty to the private respondents to deposit the price of the land at Collector rate, pending adjudication of their appeal. Counsel for the private respondents, however, submits that as their appeal/revision has been dismissed, the writ petition has been rendered infructuous. It is, however, submitted that as the private respondents have already deposited the amount as directed by the Joint Development Commissioner, the Gram Panchayat should be directed to accept this amount. I have heard counsel for the parties. In view of the dismissal of the revision/appeal, filed by the private respondents, the present petition has been rendered infructuous. The interim order passed by the Joint Development Commissioner (IRD) (exercising the powers of Commissioner), therefore, no longer survives. Liberty is, however, granted to the private respondents to seek their remedy against the order dismissing their revision/appeal, in accordance with law. October 12, 2010 (RAJIVE BHALLA) nt JUDGE