IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. Civil Writ Petition No.17291 of 2010 DATE OF DECISION : MAY 11, 2011 TARSEM SINGH ....... PETITIONER(S) VERSUS STATE OF PUNJAB & ORS. .... RESPONDENT(S) CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA PRESENT: Mr. Mansur Ali, Advocate, for the petitioner(s). Mr. A.K. Sharma, Addl.AG, Punjab. Mr. VKS andhir, Advocate, for respondent No.3. AJAI LAMBA, J. (Oral) 1 Challenge in this petition is to order dated 28.5.2010 (Annexure P-11), passed by the Director, Rural Development and Panchayat, Punjab (exercising the powers of Commissioner), as appellate authority, in the context of proceedings under Section 7 of the Punjab Village Common Lands (Regulation) Act, 1961 (for short 'the Act'), as applicable to Punjab. 2 Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that the status quo with regard to possession was ordered in favour of the petitioner by the appellate authority. The order, per se, could not be conveyed to the implementing authorities at the district level. An affidavit to the effect that the appellate authority had granted status quo was filed. Dehors the pleadings of the petitioner, the Civil Writ Petition No.17291 of 2010 2 room of the petitioner has been demolished. Learned counsel for the petitioner contends that the right to appeal of the petitioner has been frustrated by way of demolition of the structure. 3 On a query of the court, it has been informed that the case is pending adjudication for 27.5.2011 before the appellate authority i.e. respondent No.2. 4 This petition is disposed of with directions to respondent No.2 to take a final decision in the matter, by 27.6.2011. In case, the petitioner is found to be in legal possession of the land, respondent No.2 is directed to issue appropriate instructions to restore the possession to status quo ante. 5 In the meantime, it is directed that third party rights shall not be created by the Gram Panchayat. May 11, 2011 ( AJAI LAMBA ) Kang JUDGE 1.To be referred to the Reporters or not? 2.Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest?