CWP No. 2287 of 1987 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No. 2287 of 1987 Date of Decision: 12.1.2011 Hukam Singh and others .....Petitioners Versus Gram Panchayat and another …..Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT GUPTA 1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? Present: Shri Avtar Kaur, Advocate, for the petitioners. Shri J.S. Toor, Advocate, for respondent No.2. Hemant Gupta, J. (Oral) The challenge in the present petition is to the order passed by the Director, Consolidation of Holdings, Punjab, on 3.3.1987, whereby a petition filed by the petitioners for partition of the alleged Bachat land measuring 100 killas was dismissed. Apart from the finding recorded that there is no Bachat land, Section 42-A has been inserted in the East Punjab Holdings (Consolidation and Prevention of Fragmentation) Act, 1948, vide Punjab Act No. 6 of 2007. By virtue of the said [ CWP No. 2287 of 1987 provision, the land reserved for common purposes, whether specified in consolidation scheme or not, shall not be partitioned amongst the proprietors of village and it shall be utilized and continue to be utilized for common purposes. Though the legality of the said amendment is said to be under challenge, but keeping in view the finding of fact recorded by the Director Consolidation of Holdings that there is no Bachat land in the village, the petitioners cannot claim partition of the land said to be Bachat land. The finding recorded by the learned Director of Consolidation of Holdings cannot be said to be suffering from any patent illegality or material irregularity, which may warrant interference by this Court in exercise of the writ jurisdiction. Hence, the present petition is dismissed. [HEMANT GUPTA ] JUDGE 12.1.2011 aj/ds [