CWP No.19227 of 2008 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No.19227 of 2008 Date of decision:15.07.2010 Niranjan Singh and others ...... Petitioners VERSUS Financial Commissioner Revenue, Punjab and others ......Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RAJIVE BHALLA. Present: Mr.P.S.Bhangu, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr.C.S.Brar, DAG, Punjab for respondents no.1 to 4. Mr.S.S.Siao, Advocate for respondent no.5. ***** RAJIVE BHALLA.J (Oral) The only argument pressed into service by counsel for the petitioners is that the order dated 17.07.2008, holding that the the Financial Commissioner, cannot entertain a revision against an order drawing up a Sanad Takseem is contrary to a Division Bench judgment of this court reported as Amar Khan and others V/s State of Punjab and others, 2009 (1) RCR (Civil) 741. Counsel for the private respondent does not contest the correctness of this assertion but submits that as possession has already been altered, it would be in the fitness of things if the writ petition is decided by this court. I have heard counsel for the parties and perused the order passed by the Financial Commissioner (Revenue), Punjab, Chandigarh. While considering the powers of the Financial Commissioner, to entertain a revision against an order drawing up a Sanad Takseem, a Division Bench CWP No.19227 of 2008 -2- has held in Amar Khan and others V/s State of Punjab and others, 2009 (1) RCR (Civil) 741, that Section Section 16(1) of the Punjab Land Revenue Act, empowers a Financial Commissioner, to entertain a revision against an order drawing up a Sanad Takseem. In this view of the matter, writ petition is allowed, the order dated 17.07.2008, passed by the Financial Commissioner (Revenue), Punjab, Chandigarh, is set aside and the matter is remitted to the Financial Commissioner (Revenue), Punjab, Chandigarh, to decide the revision afresh and in accordance with law. In the meanwhile, parties shall maintain status quo with respect to possession as it exists today. This order shall not be construed to be an expression of opinion on the merits of the case. 15.07.2010 [RAJIVE BHALLA] shamsher JUDGE