JEET SINGH ALIAS AJIT SINGH BRAR vs SUPERINTENDENT CANAL OFFICER, LUDHIANA AND OTHERS

CWP-16546-2026 (O&M) -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 162 CWP-16546-2026 (O&M) Date of decision: 25.05.2026 Jeet Singh @ Ajit Singh Brar ....Petitioner Vs. Superintendent Canal Officer, Sirhind Canal, Ludhiana and others ....Respondents CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE HARSH BUNGER Present: Mr. Kanwaljeet Singh Brar, Advocate for the petitioner. ***** HARSH BUNGER J. (Oral) 1 Petition herein is, inter alia, seeking a writ in the nature of Certiorari, for quashing the order dated 16.01.2026 (Annexure P-5) passed by learned Superintending Canal Officer, Sirhind Canal Circle Ludhiana; order dated 07.11.2025 (Annexure P-3) passed by learned Divisional Canal Officer, Faridkot and order dated 17.09.2025 (Annexure P-1) passed by Deputy Collector, Faridkot. 2. At the outset, Mr. Ishaan Kaushal, AAG Punjab, appears on behalf of the respondents-State, in pursuance of the advance copy of paper book having already been supplied to him and submits that the petitioner had earlier approached the learned Civil Court by filing a civil suit, wherein initially stay order was granted vide order dated 19.03.2025, however, subsequently, vide order dated 05.09.2025, the aforesaid stay