JUDGMENT

S.C. AGRAWAL, J.- This appeal by special leave has been filed against the judgment of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana dated November 24, 1989 in Civil Appeal No. 2488 Regular Second Appeal No. 2488 of 1988 whereby the High Court has held that the order dated September 25, 1970 passed by the Collector of Hissar under the Punjab Public Premises and Land (Eviction and Land Recovery) Act, 1959 (hereinafter referred to as the 1959 Act) is illegal and void and a declaration was granted in favour of respondent 1, M/s Khalsa Motor Co. Ltd., that the State of Haryana, appellant 1 will not be entitled to dispossess the said respondent from the disputed property in pursuance of the said order of the Collector Hissar and the State of Haryana has been restrained from dispossessing respondent 1 in pursuance, of that order.

2. The Sub-Divisional Engineer, B&R, PWD, Hissar, filed an application before the Collector, Hissar under the 1959 Act wherein it was stated that respondent 1 is in unauthorised possession over an area measuring 1354 sft. in Kila Stone 102/2, Delhi-Hissar Road and that the said land is in the ownership of the State Government and it was prayed that respondent 1 may