GRAM PANCHAYAT Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB

JUDGEMENT

(1.) C.M. No. 4164 of 2014 The application is to permit applicant to be impleaded him as legal representative of Kartar Singh -respondent No. 2 and to defend the writ petition on his behalf.

(2.) THE challenge in the present writ petition is to an order passed by the Additional Director, Consolidation of Holdings, Jalandhar in exercise of the powers conferred under Section 42 of the East Punjab Holdings (Consolidation and Prevention of Fragmentation) Act, 1948 (for short 'the Act'). Respondent No. 2 filed a petition under Section 42 of the Act pointing that there are only 500 acres of land in the revenue estate and 20 acres of land has been reserved for Gram Panchayat by levying a pro rata cut on the right, holders. Such cut is more than the cut permitted as per the Government instructions. So, therefore, this land should be restored and partitioned amongst the right holders as no compensation has been paid for the same. Such application was allowed by the Additional Director vide the order impugned in the present writ petition.