Gurpreet Singh v. State of Punjab and Others

Punjab & Haryana HC29 Jul 2025CWP/17214/2025

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CWP-17214-2025 (O&M), Punjab and Haryana High Court, decided 29.07.2025. Writ direction for time-bound (3-month) disposal of a statutory appeal pending before respondent No.2 against Collector, Patiala order dated 29.11.2022 accepting the Gram Panchayat's application under Section 7 of the Punjab Village Common Lands (Regulation) Act, 1961; disposal by consent, State counsel (AAG Punjab) and Gram Panchayat counsel raising no objection; Gurpreet Singh v. State of Punjab and others.

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Direction to respondent No.2 to finally decide the petitioner's statutory appeal against the Collector's order dated 29.11.2022 within 3 months from the date of receipt of a copy of the order, in accordance with law. ¶¶14

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

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CWP-17214-2025 (O&M)

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Sr. No.119

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH

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CWP-17214-2025 (O&M) Date of Decision : 29.07.2025

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Gurpreet Singh …Petitioner

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State of Punjab and others …Respondents

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CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE DEEPAK SIBAL HON’BLE MS. JUSTICE LAPITA BANERJI

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Present : M s. Rupinder K. Thind, Advocate a n d M r. Bikramjit Singh, Advocate, f o r the petitioner.

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M s.Samdisha Kaur, AAG, Punjab. M r. Manish Kumar Singla, Advocate, f o r respondent No.4.

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DEEPAK SIBAL, J. (Oral)

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Through the instant petition, a d i rection is sought to be issued to respondent No.2 to expeditiously dispos e of the petitioner’s statutory appeal filed b y him to challenge order d ated 29.11.2022 passed by respondent N o .3-Collector.

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Learned State counsel as also l e arned counsel for the Gram Panchayat ha v e no objection to the acceptanc e of the afore prayer made on behalf of the p etitioner. 3. I n light of the consensus arrive d at between the parties and because a dir e ction to expeditiously dispos e of a lis between contesting parties prejud i ces done, the present petition i s disposed of with a direction to respondent No.2 to finally decide withi n 3 months from the date of receipt of a c o py of this order, in accordance with law, the appeal filed by the petitioner t o challenge therein the order d a ted 29.11.2022 passed by the

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VANDANA 2025.08.05 13:13 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document

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CWP-17214-2025 (O&M)

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Collector, Pat i ala, whereby the application f iled by the respondent-Gram Panchayat u n der Section 7 of the Punj a b Village Common Lands (Regulation) A ct, 1961 was accepted.

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(DEEPAK SIBAL) JUDGE

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(LAPITA BANERJI) JUDGE

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July 29, 2025 vandana Whether speak i ng/reasoned : Yes/No Whether report a ble : Yes/No

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VANDANA 2025.08.05 13:13 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document

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