DHARAMPAL Vs. THE FINANCIAL COMMISSIONER, HARYANA AND OTHERS
LAWS(P&H)-2014-5-619
HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA
Decided on May 28,2014

DHARAMPAL Appellant
VERSUS
The Financial Commissioner, Haryana And Others Respondents

JUDGEMENT

Hemant Gupta, J. - (1.) THE challenge in the present writ petition is to orders passed by the authorities under Punjab Village Common Lands (Regulation) Act, 1961 (for short, 'the Act') in proceedings under Section 7 of the Act. The Gram Panchayat alleged that the petitioner has encroached upon khasra No. 38/3 which is described in the revenue record as gairmumkin school. On such application, the petitioner submitted his reply Annexure P/16. The stand of the petitioner in the reply is that possession of the present petitioner is not illegal.
(2.) THE learned Assistant Collector initially passed an order of ejectment on 29.5.2006. In appeal, such order was set aside on 31.8.2006 and the matter was remanded to the Assistant Collector to make spot inspection and decide the case on merits. Assistant Collector 1st Grade in compliance of the remand order again gave an opportunity of hearing and leading evidence to the parties. The land in dispute was got demarcated through Local Commissioner. The petitioner was found to be an encroacher on the land of the school and order of eviction was passed on 29.5.2007. The petitioner filed an appeal against order of ejectment which was accepted vide order dated 6.9.2007 Annexure P/6 and the matter was again remanded to the Assistant Collector with a direction to get the area of gairmumkin school in khasra No. 38/3 demarcated in the presence of both the parties and decided the same on merits thereafter.
(3.) THEREAFTER , the Assistant Collector again directed the Naib Tehsildar to demarcate the land in question, who submitted his report dated 10.6.2009 Annexure P/7. The objections against the said report were filed. The petitioner also filed an application before Lokayukt, Haryana raising grievance against the revenue officials. Lokayukt, Haryana passed an order directing the Tehsildar Bawal to measure the area of gairmumkin school. Tehsildar Bawal demarcated the land and submitted his report dated 13.5.2011 Annexure P/8 to Lokayukt, Haryana. The petitioner was found to be an encroacher of khasra No. 38/3. The said report was made basis by the Assistant Collector 1st Grade to order eviction of the petitioner. An appeal against the said order has been dismissed by the Collector on 29.1.2013. Further revision has been dismissed by the Commissioner on 10.10.2013. Thereafter, the petitioner filed another revision petition before Financial Commissioner, Haryana which stands dismissed on 20.3.2014 as not maintainable.;


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