CWP No.22207 of 2010 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. CWP No.22207 of 2010 Date of Decision: 14.12.2010 Mukhtiar Singh .....Petitioner Vs. Financial Commissioner, Revenue, Punjab and others ....Respondents .... CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE RAJIVE BHALLA **** Present : Mr. L.M.Gulati, Advocate for the petitioner. .... RAJIVE BHALLA, J The petitioner prays for issuance of a writ in the nature of Certiorari for quashing orders dated 17.2.2009, 26.8.2008, 14.12.2006 and 11.4.2005, passed by the Financial Commissioner, Revenue, Punjab, the Additional Commissioner (Appeals), Jalandhar Division,Jalandhar, the Collector-cum-Sub Divisional Magistrate, Amritsar-II, and the Assistant Collector,Ist Grade, Amritsar, passed in partition proceedings. Counsel for the petitioner submits that partition proceedings are null and void, as the Assistant collector, Ist Grade, Amritsar, has no jurisdiction to entertain the application filed by respondents no.5 to 9, as his order dated 9.1.1998 had already been attained finality. It is further argued that the change in the mode of partition renders the impugned proceedings null and void. CWP No.22207 of 2010 2 I have heard counsel for petitioner and find no reason to entertain the petition. Apart from the fact that the petition suffers from unexplained delay and laches of about 1 year and 10 months, the petitioner's submissions have been considered by the Collector, the Commissioner and the Financial Commissioner and concurrently rejected. Partition proceedings commenced in the year 1998. By employing one mode or the other, the petitioner had stalled partition proceedings for the last 12 years. In the absence of any prejudice to the petitioner or any discernible error of jurisdiction, the impugned orders do not call for any interference. Dismissed. 14.12.2010 (RAJIVE BHALLA) GS JUDGE