IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH C.O.C.P. No. 905 of 1999 Date of Decision: July 22, 2011 Jarnail Singh ….Petitioner Versus S. Balwant Singh Shergill and another … Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK SINGH 1. Whether reporters of local news papers may be allowed to see judgment? 2. To be referred to reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? Present: None for the parties. Alok Singh, J. (Oral) I have gone through the record. The brief facts of the present case are that the Gram Panchayat filed an application for ejectment of the petitioner under the Punjab Public Premises and Land (Eviction and Rent Recovery) Act, 1973, before the Collector and vide order dated 04.04.1994, the same was accepted and an order of ejectment of the petitioner was passed. Petitioner filed an appeal before the Joint Development Commissioner, Punjab, and the same was also dismissed vide order dated COCP No.905 of 1999 28.06.1995. Thereafter, petitioner challenged the orders of the revenue Courts before this Court by filing Civil Writ Petition No. 2209 of 1996. Vide order 16.12.1996 of the Division Bench of this Court, the writ petition was allowed. The operative part of the order reads as under:- “Consequently, we allow the writ petition and quash the orders Annexure P-3 and P-4 passes respectively by the Collector/DDPO, Patiala and the Joint Development Commissioner (IRD), Punjab and direct the Collector/DDPO, Patiala to hear and decide the matter afresh. While rendering fresh decision, the Collector shall consider the objection raised by the petitioner to the maintainability of the application filed by the Gram Panchayat. We hope that the learned Collector will decide the matter afresh at the earliest.” The allegation of the petitioner is that the order of this Court had been communicated to respondent No.1 but till date, no decision has been taken on the application of the Gram Panchayat for ejectment. Petitioner has further submitted that respondent No.3 with the police help damaged the standing crop of the petitioner on 18.06.1999. Respondent No.3 – S. Jagtar Singh, Sarpanch, Gram Panchayat Village Tarain, in his reply submitted that the land in dispute belongs to the Gram panchayat and the 2 COCP No.905 of 1999 same is managed by the Panchayat for the last so many years. The possession of the property in dispute was taken on 03.06.1994 from the petitioner under the warrant of possession issued by the Competent Authority. Respondent has further submitted that while filing the reply to the CWP No. 2209 of 1996, the Gram Panchayat specifically stated that the possession has already been taken by the Gram Panchayat. It seems that the Collector would have decided the application of the Gram Panchayat by now as per the order passed by this Court. None is present to press the present petition. Present petition stands dismissed and notice served on the respondents stands discharged. July 22, 2011 ( Alok Singh ) vkd Judge 3