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Gurdev Singh v. State of Haryana and Others

Punjab & Haryana HC16 May 2025CWP/14068/2025

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What is this about?

Punjab & Haryana High Court; CWP-14068-2025; decided 16.05.2025; Gurdev Singh v. State of Haryana; writ petition dismissed as withdrawn with liberty; purchase of panchayat land; Gram Panchayat/Deputy Commissioner; Section 5A(1A) Haryana Village Common Lands (Regulation) Act, 1961; Rule 15B Punjab Village Common Lands (Regulation) Rules, 1964; residential house constructed on panchayat land; no merits commented upon.

What did the court decide?

Petition dismissed as withdrawn with liberty to approach the Gram Panchayat/Deputy Commissioner for purchase of panchayat land under Section 5A(1A) of the Haryana Village Common Lands (Regulation) Act, 1961 and Rule 15B of the Punjab Village Common Lands (Regulation) Rules, 1964, without any comment on the merits of any such application. ¶13

Gurdev Singh Vs State of Haryana and Others — Punjab & Haryana HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

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Issue for consideration

Whether the petition should be permitted to be withdrawn, with liberty for the petitioner to approach the Gram Panchayat/Deputy Commissioner under the cited statutory provisions for purchase of panchayat land on which he claims to have constructed his residential house.

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Court's answer

The petition was dismissed as withdrawn with liberty as prayed for, enabling the petitioner to apply to the Gram Panchayat/Deputy Commissioner for purchase of panchayat land under Section 5A(1A) of the Haryana Village Common Lands (Regulation) Act, 1961 and Rule 15B of the Punjab Village Common Lands (Regulation) Rules, 1964.

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Key takeaways

The court clarified that in granting the liberty to withdraw, it had not commented on the merits of any application/representation which may be filed by the petitioner.obiter¶15

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CWP-14068-2025, High Court of Punjab & Haryana at Chandigarh (Deepak Sibal and Lapita Banerji, JJ.), decided 16.05.2025: Oral judgment dismissing Gurdev Singh v. State of Haryana and others as withdrawn with liberty. Counsel for the petitioner sought withdrawal so that the petitioner could approach, in terms of Section 5A(1A) of the Haryana Village Common Lands (Regulation) Act, 1961 and Rule 15B of the Punjab Village Common Lands (Regulation) Rules, 1964 (as applicable to the State of Haryana), the Gram Panchayat/Deputy Commissioner for purchase of panchayat land on which he claims to have constructed his residential house. The court granted the liberty as prayed for but expressly clarified that it had not commented on the merits of any application/representation that may be filed by the petitioner.

Gurdev Singh v. State of Haryana and Others

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