GRAM PANCHAYAT VILLAGE MAHADIPUR vs STATE OF PUNJAB AND OTHERS

123 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP-14652-2026 (O&M) Date of Decision : 12.05.2026 Gram Panchayat Village Mahadipur ... Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and Others ... Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE ALKA SARIN HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAMESH CHANDER DIMRI Present : Mr. Amrik Singh, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Aman Dhir, DAG Punjab for respondent Nos.1 and 2 ALKA SARIN, J. (Oral) 1. The limited prayer in the present petition is for issuance of a direction to respondent No.2-District Development and Panchayat Officer, Ludhiana to decide the petition filed by the petitioner under Section 7 of the Punjab Village Common Lands (Regulation) Act, 1961 (for short the ‘Act of 1961’). 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner has contended that respondent Nos.3 to 5, against whom petition under Section 7 of the Act of 1961 has been preferred, had filed a petition under Section 11 of the Act of 1961 and their claim qua declaration that they are owners of the property in dispute stood rejected by the Supreme Court vide order dated 02.01.2025 (Annexure P-5) passed in SLP (C) Nos.17304-17305 of 2014. Thereafter, a review was preferred, which was also dismissed and