Lakhwinder Singh and Others v. Joint Development Commissioner Punjab and Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Punjab & Haryana HC, Chandigarh | CWP-17571-2025 (O&M) | decided 01.07.2025 | Lakhwinder Singh v. Joint Development Commissioner | Section 11, Punjab Village Common Lands (Regulation) Act, 1961 | warrants of possession issued before adjudication of pending Section 11 petition / stay application | State of Punjab (Shekhar Verma, Additional A.G.) stand: possession not to be interfered with till final decision on stay | respondent No. 8 Gram Panchayat (Umesh Kumar) | petitioners' counsel Vikas Mehsempuri | disposed of (Deepak Sibal, J., oral; Lapita Banerji, J.) | no precedent cited.
What did the court decide?
Petitioners' possession over the disputed property not to be interfered with till the competent authority takes a final decision on their prayer for stay in the pending Section 11 petition, per the State's stand accepted by the Court.