Dismissed
Chajju Ram & Ors. v. Assistant Collecter & Ors.
Punjab & Haryana HCCWP/12712/1992
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
The High Court dismissed a writ petition challenging orders under the Punjab Village Common Lands Act, 1961, which held the petitioners liable to deposit compensation for encroachment. The Court rejected the argument that compensation did not guarantee ownership, stating that payment of compensation confers ownership.
What did the court decide?
Petition dismissed with observations that payment of compensation constitutes ownership of the land.