Judgment

VENKATACHALA, J. :- The above Civil Appeals and the Special Leave Petitions (Civil) are that of the State of Haryana. While the judgment of Civil Writ Petition No. 6799 of 1974 of the Punjab and Haryana High Court (Karnal Co-op. Farmers Society Ltd., Pehowa v. Gram Panchayat, Pehowa etc., 1976 Current Law Journal (Civil), 417) and other judgments rendered following it are impugned in Civil Appeals Nos. 2605, 2607, 2608, 2610, 2611 and 26l5 of l977 and Special Leave Petitions (Civil) Nos. 1108 and 3042 to 3095 of 1978, the judgment in Civil Writ Petition No. 565 of 1981 of the same High Court (Bajinder Singh v. The Assistant Collector Ist Grade, Ghula, Distt. Kurukshetra, 1983 (85) Pun LR 528) and other judgments rendered following it are impugned in Civil Appeals Nos. 1381 to 1387 of 1990. Since common questions arise for our decision in these Appeals and Special Leave Petitions, all of them could conveniently be disposed of by this judgment.

2. The High Courts judgments appealed against in these Appeals and Special Leave Petitions are since based on its view of unconstitutionality of certain provisions in the Punjab Village Common Lands (Regulation) Haryana Amendment Act, 1