Dilbag Singh v. State of Punjab and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Dilbag Singh v. State of Punjab & Ors, CWP-18876-2024 (O&M), High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh, decided 27.03.2026. Writ petition disposed of after counsel for respondents No.1 to 3 stated (on instructions from Block Development and Panchayat Officer, Nakodar) that an eviction petition under Section 7 of the Punjab Village Common Lands (Regulation) Act, 1961 had already been preferred against encroachers; no further orders required; pending applications disposed of. Bench: Hon'ble Mrs. Justice Alka Sarin (author, oral order) and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Ramesh Chander Dimri. Advocates: Sahil Soi (petitioner); Mandeep Kaur DAG Punjab (resp. 1-3); Navreet Kaur (resp. 4); Arpan Sabharwal (resp. 11); H.S. Sandhu (resp. 14). No precedents cited.
What did the court decide?
In view of the statement made by learned counsel for respondents No.1 to 3 (that a Section 7 eviction petition had already been preferred), no further orders are required to be passed in the present writ petition; the writ petition is disposed of as such, and pending applications, if any, also stand disposed of.