Jas Kumar And ORS v. The Assistant Collector 1st Grade And ANR

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT

CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.10760 of 2016 Date of Decision: May 27, 2016 Jas Kumar and others ....Petitioners versus The Assistant Collector 1st Grade-cum-District Development and Panchayat Officer, Yamuna Nagar and another .....Respondents CORAM:HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT.

HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE A.B.CHAUDHARI.

--- Present: Mr.Mahavir Sandhu, Advocate, for the petitioners. -.-

1. Whether Reporters of Local papers may be allowed to see the judgment?

2. To be referred to the Reporters or not?

3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? --- Surya Kant, J . (Oral) The petitioners are residents of village Ranipur, Tehsil Bilaspur, District Yamuna Nagar. They have been served with show-cause notices dated 08.04.2016 issued under Section 7 of the Punjab Village Common Lands (Regulation) Act, 1961, as applicable to the State of Haryana, read with Rule 20 of the 1964 Rules framed thereunder, in an eviction petition filed by the Gram Panchayat of their village. The aggrieved petitioners have laid challenge to those show-cause notices.

In our considered view, the writ petition is pre-mature at this stage as the petitioners have got ample opportunity to raise their pleas in the replies to show-cause notices. We have no reason to doubt that the Assistant Collector 1st Grade shall consider all the MOHINDER KUMAR 2016.06.01 11:13 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document Chandigarh

CWP No.10760 of 2016 [2] objections as well as the reply on merits to be filed by the petitioners including on the question of title and in accordance with law.

With liberty to raise all the pleas before the Assistant Collector, 1st Grade, Yamuna Nagar, the writ petition stands disposed of.

[SURYA KANT] JUDGE May 27, 2016 [A.B.CHAUDHARI] mohinder JUDGE MOHINDER KUMAR 2016.06.01 11:13 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document Chandigarh