SURINDER SINGH GREWAL ALIAS SURINDER SINGH vs RAJESH KUMAR AND ANOTHER

COCP-1240-2026 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH 218 COCP-1240-2026 Date of Decision: 05.05.2026 Surinder Singh Garewal @ Surinder Singh .… Petitioner Versus Rajesh Kumar and another .... Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NIDHI GUPTA Present: - Proxy counsel for Ms. Kanwal S. Walia, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Manmeet Singh Teji, AAG, Punjab for respondent No. 1. Mr. Vivek Chavhan, Advocate for respondent No. 2. NIDHI GUPTA, J. (ORAL) 1. Vakalatnama filed on behalf of respondent No. 2 is taken on record. 2. The present contempt petition has been filed alleging violation of order dated 04.03.2025 (Annexure P-1) passed by a Division Bench of this Court in CWP-34760-2024, titled as ‘Surinder Singh vs. State of Punjab and others’; whereby the respondents were directed to file a petition under Section 7 of the Punjab Village Common Lands (Regulation) Act, 1961 (for short-‘the Act’) before the Assistant Collector, concerned. 3. At the very outset, learned counsel for respondent No. 1- State submits that in compliance of the order dated 04.03.2025 (Annexure P-1), respondent No. 2-Sarpanch of village Alamgir, District Ludhiana RISHU KATARIA 2026.05.06 09:2