PUNJAB WAKF BOARD Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB

JUDGEMENT

(1.) This judgment will dispose of revision petitions No. 2293 and 2294 of 1988. It has arisen in the following circumstances :-

(2.) Since the order was not complied with, the land acquisition Court dismissed the reference for non-prosecution. This order is the subject matter of challenge under Civil Revision No. 2294 of 1988.

(3.) The land acquisition Court is in error in holding that the Punjab State Electricity Board and the Collector are necessary parties to the petition. This matter is no more res integra and stands settled by a Full Bench judgment of this Court in M/s Indo Swiss Time Limited v. Umrao and others, 1981 RajdhaniLR 403, where the Bench after referring to the Supreme Court judgment reported as Municipal Corporation of the City of Ahmedabad v. Chandulal Shamaladas Patel and others, 1970 1 SCWR 183 held as under :