NEKI RAM Vs. THE DEPUTY COLLECTOR

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THE orders passed by the Canal Officers under the Haryana Canal and Drainage Act, 1974 (in short 'the Act, 1974, are being challenged in this petition.

(2.) THE facts of the case are that Neki Ram-petitioner is the land owner of village Ghursal, Tehsil Mandi Adampur, District Hissar. Om Parkash-respondent No. 4 also owns two chunks of land in the same village. The large chunk comprised in Rect. No. 33 and 41 adjoins the land of the petitioner, while another parcel of his land comprised in Khata No. 108 is at a distance. Om Parkash-respondent used to take turn of water for his fields comprised in Killa Nos. 33 and 41 with the turn of water in his field comprised in Khata No. 108, while he used to irrigate his field comprised in Rect. No. 33 and 41 from the tube well of Dhanna Ram. This picture has been duly depicted in site plan Annexure P-1. Later on Om Parkash applied to the Deputy Collector (respondent No. 1) for separating the turn of water for his fields comprised in Rect. No. 33 and 41 from the turn of water of his fields comprised in Khata No. 108. The said officer vide order dated 7.1.2002 accepted the demand of Om Parkash-respondent No. 4.

(3.) HENCE , the present petition.