2023 Supreme(P&H) 375
SURESHWAR THAKUR, KULDEEP TIWARI
Subegh Singh – Appellant
Versus
State of Punjab – Respondent
Advocates appeared:
Mr. Kushagra Mahajan, Advocate for the petitioners in CWP-26653-2022 and CWP-27471-2022. Mr. S.S.Dinarpur with Mr.Arvind Singh and Mr. Sumit Gujjar, Advocates for the petitioners in CWP-15890-2022, CWP-15690-2022, 16154- 2022, 16157-2022, 16243-2022, 16261-2022, 16311-2022, 16341-2022, 16911-2022, 16628-2022, 16705-2022, 17494-2022, 17510-2022, 17550-2022, 17667-2022 and CWP-23797-2022. Mr. Danish Dawesar, Mr. Nipun Bhardwaj and Mr. Vinod Bhardwaj, Advocates for the petitioners in CWP-20131-2022. Mr. Piyush Aggarwal, Advocate for the petitioners in CWP-425-2023. Mr. Ravneet Singh Joshi, Mr.Shivam Sharma and Mr. Akash Patyal, Advocates for the petitioner in CWP-20432-2022. Mr. V.K.Jindal, Sr.Advocate with Mr. Vijayveer Singh, Advocate for the petitioner in CWP-20761-2022. Mr. Vikram Singh Dhakla, Advocate for the petitioners in CWP-2355-2018(O&M), 18514-2019, 6204-2019, 6213-2019, 9165-2019, 19663-2019, CM-963-CWP-2023 in/and CWP-15980-2022(O&M), 15698-2022, 15896-2022, 15898-2022, 16071-2022, 17226-2022, 16365-2022, 16424-2022, 16465-2022, 16505-2022, 16666-2022, 16696-2022, 16700-2022, 17713-2022, 17833-2022, 17910-2022, 18208-2022, 18332-2022, 18346-2022, 19689-2022, 20320-2022, 14843-2022, 14949-2022, 19203-2022, 23145-2022, 28174-2022, 28217-2022, 29062-2022, 29363-2022, 27294-2022, 230-2023, 563-2023, CM-19890-CWP-2022 in/and CWP-24085-2022(O&M) and CWP-4396-2023 and for respondent Gram Panchayat in CM-2178-2023 in/and CWP-25147-2014 (O & M). Mr. Brijender Kaushik, Advocate, for respondent no.5 in CWP-230-2023. Mr. Udit Garg, Advocate for respondent no.6 in CWP-19033-2022. Mr. Aashish Aggarwal, Sr.Advocate with Ms. Nidhi Gabbhar, Advocate for the petitioners in CWP Nos.18015, 19033-2022, 25490 and 18093 all of 2022. Mr. Adarsh Jain, Advocate for Ms. Kamaldeep Kaur, Advocate for the petitioner in CWP-17495-2022 and in CWP-2591-2018. Mr. Sushil Jain, Advocate, for the petitioners in CWP-24085-2022. Mr. Abhinav Singla and Mr. Rakesh Gupta, Advocates, for the petitioner in CWP-18540-2022. Mr. Hitesh Malik, Advocate with Mr. Jivesh Malik, Advocate for the petitioner in CWP-20982-2022. Mr. Vikas, Advocate, for the petitioner in CWP-27917-2022. Mr. Himanshu Sharma and Mr. Ravi Kant Sharma, Advocate for the petitioner in CWP-28218-2022. Mr. Lajpat Rai Sharma, Advocate for Mr. Vivek Khatri, Advocate for the petitioners in CWP-16573-2022. Mr. Sumit Gujjar, Advocate for Mr. S.S.Dinarpur, Advocate for the petitioner in CWP-4670-2023. Mr. Raman Sharma, Addl. A.G.Haryana. Mr. Maninder Singh, DAG, Punjab. Ms. Monika Jalota, Sr.DAG, Punjab. Mr. P.P.Chahar, DAG, Haryana., for the Appellant; Mr.Arvind Bansal, Advocate for respondent no.6 - Gram Panchayat in CWP-25490-2022 and CWP-25670-2022., for the Respondent
JUDGMENT
Sureshwar Thakur, J. - Since all the writ petitions relate to common questions of law, therefore, the same are being disposed of through a common order.
FACTUAL BACKGROUND
2. The writ petitioners belong to the States of Haryana as well as Punjab.
They are aggrieved by the Executive Instructions issued by the respective State Governments for the purpose of purported implementation of the Judgment dated 07.04.2022 of the Hon'ble Supreme Court, rendered in case titled as 'State of Haryana Vs. Jai Singh and Others, 2022 AIR (SC) 1718'. Since, the States of Haryana and Punjab have issued their respective set of instructions, thus, it will be useful to reproduce them separately.
State of Haryana:-
3. The State of Haryana firstly issued instructions dated 21.06.2022, relevant part whereof reads as follows:-
'All the Deputy Commissioners in the State
Memo No DLR-7202 | Chandigarh. Dated-21-06-2022 |
Subject: Implementation of the Apex Court judgment dated 07.04.2022 pertaining to vesting of Shamlat Deh and Jumla Mushtarka Malkan in the Panchayat Deh or Municipal Bodies concerned.
On the subject cited above, it is brought to your kind notice that the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India in Civil Appea
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