CWP No. 12313 of 2011 1 In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, Chandigarh. CWP No. 12313 of 2011 (O&M) Date of Decision: 18.07.2011 Harbans Singh ....Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others ....Respondents. Coram:- Hon'ble Mr. Justice Alok Singh 1.Whether reporters of local news papers may be allowed to see judgement ? 2. To be referred to reporters or not ? 3. Whether the judgement should be reported in the Digest ? Present: Mr. Nakul Sharma, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Jaswinder Singh, D.A.G., Punjab for the State. ... Alok Singh, J.(Oral) The only grievance of the petitioner is that the Commissioner vide order dated 7.7.2011 has stayed the order dated 2.6.2005 passed by the Collector-cum-District Development and Panchayat Officer, Patiala, cancelling auction without hearing the petitioner despite of the fact that petitioner had already lodged caveat before the Commissioner prior to the filing of the appeal before the Commissioner. Notice of motion. CWP No. 12313 of 2011 2 Mr. Jaswinder Singh, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab, has accepted notice on behalf of respondents No.1 to 4. In the opinion of this Court, present petition can be disposed of at this stage without issuing notice to the private respondents. Prima-facie, it seems that caveat was lodged by the petitioner before the Commissioner even prior to the filing of the appeal before the Commissioner. Therefore, the Commissioner ought to have heard the petitioner before granting any stay against the impugned order passed by the Collector in view of the filing of the caveat by the petitioner. Present petition is disposed of with the direction to the Commissioner, Mohali, that he will hear both the parties afresh on the question of stay and shall decide the appeal itself on the next date fixed or in any case, within 20 days thereafter. Meanwhile parties shall maintain status quo over the property in question. ( Alok Singh ) Judge 18.07.2011 sk.