Letters Patent Appeal No.779 of 2009 (O&M) 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. LPA No.779 of 2009(O&M) Date of Decision:-27.8.2009 Gram Panchayat of village Lallo Majara, Tehsil and District Nawanshahr. ---Appellant Versus State of Punjab and others ---Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE J.S.KHEHAR HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE S.D.ANAND Present:- Mr.B.S.Bali, Advocate for the petitioner. J.S.KHEHAR, J.(ORAL) Through the instant Letters Patent Appeal, the Gram Panchayat of village Lallo Majara has impugned the order dated 13.2.2008 passed by the learned Single Judge while disposing of CWP No.1277 of 1995. As in the aforesaid writ petition, so in the present Letters Patent Appeal, the appellant-Gram Panchayat is seeking to impugn the action of the State Government in approving the exchange of land belonging to the Gram Panchayat with the land of Sarwan Singh-respondent No.4. It would be pertinent to mention that the land sought to be exchanged was earlier being used by the Gram Panchayat as a cremation ground. Earlier, the cremation ground was in close vicinity of the abadi of the village. Besides that, it was also low lying and came to be inundated by water during monsoon. The Gram Panchayat by an unanimous resolution accepted to exchange the land with the land belonging to Sarwan Singh, which was away from the abadi, and did not have any other adverse effect in the Letters Patent Appeal No.779 of 2009 (O&M) 2 erstwhile cremation ground. The aforesaid unanimous resolution passed by the Gram Panchayat was approved by the State Government. In the instant appeal, none of the issues taken into consideration either by the Gram Panchayat or by the learned Single Judge have been controverted. Learned counsel for the appellant has invited our attention to the site plan (Annexure P1), depicting the location of the erstwhile cremation ground, as also, the land of Sarwan Singh, where the same has now been shifted. The land of Sarwan Singh where the cremation ground is presently located is away from the abadi of the village. In view of the above, we find no infirmity in the determination rendered by the learned Single Judge while disposing of CWP No.1277 of 1995. Dismissed. (J.S.Khehar) Judge (S.D.Anand) 27.8.2009 Judge AS