BIKRAM NATH vs STATE OF PUNJAB THROUGH ITS ADDITIONAL CHIEF SECRETARY DEPARTMENT OF HOME AFFAIRS PUNJAB

CWP-13317-2026 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 113 CWP-13317-2026 Date of Decision: 01.05.2026 Dera Sidh Baba Sulakhan Nath and others …Petitioners Versus State of Punjab and others …Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE JAGMOHAN BANSAL Present: - Mr. P.K. Mutneja, Senior Advocate with Mr. Brijesh Kumar, Advocate for the petitioners Mr. Ishan Kaushal, Assistant Advocate General, Punjab *** JAGMOHAN BANSAL, J. (Oral) 1. The petitioners through instant petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India are seeking direction to respondent Nos. 1 to 4 to restore possession of Dera to petitioners Nos.2 and 3 in compliance of order dated 11.09.2018 passed by this Court in CWP No.11343 of 2018. 2. Petitioner No.2 was declared as Mahant of the Dera Sidh Baba Sulakhan Nath, Hussainpura, Badhochhi Kalan (for short ‘Dera’) and claims himself to be legitimate Mahant as declared vide judgment and decree dated 18.08.2011 passed by learned Civil Judge, (Senior Division), Fatehgarh Sahib. Respondent No.2 moved application before Station House Officer, Mullepur to take control of the Dera. Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Fatehgarh Sahib vide order dated 12.04.2018 restrai