IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA, CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.12230 of 2010 Date of Decision: May 16, 2011 Puran Chand & another .....PETITIONER(S) VERSUS Director, Rural Development and Panchayats, Punjab & others .....RESPONDENT(S) . . . CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAI LAMBA PRESENT: - Mr. Puneet Sharma, Advocate, for Mr. Deepak Arora, Advocate, for the petitioners. Mr. Manoj Bajaj, Additional Advocate General, Punjab, for respondent Nos.1 and 2. Mr. Nakul Sharma, Advocate, for respondent No.3. . . . AJAI LAMBA, J (Oral) 1. The gist of the claim in the petition has been crystallised in Order dated 14.7.2011 which reads as under:- “Counsel for the petitioners submits that though an appeal filed by the petitioner under Section 11 of the Punjab Village Common Lands (Regulation) Act, 1961, (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Act’) is pending adjudication before the Director, Rural Development and Panchayats, Punjab and notice has been issued on the application for stay, the Gram Panchayat has obtained warrants of possession, to execute a prior order of ejectment passed under Section 7 of the Act. CWP No.12230 of 2010 [2] Notice of motion for 15.11.2010. Process dasti only. Dispossession of the petitioners shall remain stayed till further orders. The Director, Rural Development and Panchayats, Punjab, is directed to decide the appeal within one month from the date of completion of service. To be put up before the Registrar (Judicial-III) on the adjourned date for completion of service. A copy of the order be handed over to counsel for the petitioner under signatures of the Special Secretary of this Court.” 2. Learned counsel for the respondent, Gram Panchayat, has pointed out that the appeal filed by the petitioners has already been dismissed by Director, Rural Development & Panchayats, under Section 11(2) of the Punjab Village Common Lands (Regulation) Act, 1961 (as applicable to Punjab). 3. In view of the above, no further orders need be passed in the petition. 4. The petition is disposed of. (AJAI LAMBA) May 16, 2011 JUDGE avin 1. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 2. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest?