CWP No.12708 of 2010 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No.12708 of 2010 Date of decision: 07.09.2011 Rajinder Singh and another ....Petitioners Versus Financial Commissioner Revenue, Punjab, and others ....Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ALOK SINGH Present: - Mr. A.K. Chopra, Sr. Advocate, with Mr. Harminder Singh, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Raghbir Chaudhary, Sr. DAG, Punjab. Mr. G.P. Vashisht, Advocate, for respondent No.5. 1.Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2.Whether to be referred to the Reporters or not? 3.Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? ***** ALOK SINGH, J (ORAL) Learned senior counsel appearing for the petitioner has fairly and correctly argued that civil suits involving question of title are pending between the parties, therefore, he may be permitted to withdraw this petition with liberty to raise all the points before the civil Court. He further states that it may be clarified that any decision/observation or finding recorded by the revenue authorities in mutation proceedings shall not act as res judicata in the pending civil suit between the parties and shall not prejudice the trial of the suits pending between the parties. Present petition is dismissed as withdrawn. However, it is made clear that any observation/finding or decision in the impugned orders in a mutation proceeding shall not be taken as res judicata and shall not prejudice the trial of the suits pending between the parties. It is CWP No.12708 of 2010 -2- further made clear that mutation shall be carried out as per ultimate decision in the civil suit pending between the parties. (Alok Singh) Judge September 07, 2011 R.S.