Sheesh Pal v. State of Punjab and Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Sheesh Pal v. State of Punjab and Others, CWP-21526-2026 (O&M), High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh, decided 17 July 2026 by Hon'ble the Acting Chief Justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra (oral judgment) and Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rohit Kapoor. Petitioner claimed ownership of a plot on which no mining rights were created and alleged respondent No.8 was mining his land at night under the garb of permission for the adjoining plot; representations went unaddressed. Court disposed of the petition directing respondent No.5 to consider the claim and pass a reasoned order within four weeks after a personal hearing. Keywords: unauthorised mining, mining permission, adjoining plot, representations, respondent No.5, reasoned order, personal hearing, disposal of writ petition.
What did the court decide?
Direction to respondent No.5 to accord consideration to the petitioner's claim by passing a reasoned order within four weeks, after affording the petitioner an opportunity of personal hearing; pending applications disposed of accordingly.