JUDGMENT :

(Sudeepti Sharma, J.)

1. All these civil writ petitions are taken up together for final disposal as common questions of law and facts are involved in these writ petitions.

2. The brief facts of the cases are that the Block Development and Panchayat Officer, Kaithal, filed an application under Section 7(2) of the Punjab Village Common Land Act, 1961 (hereinafter to be referred to as “the Act of 1961”) before the Court of learned Assistant Collector 1st Grade, Kaithal and vide his order dated 28.11.1997 ordered the ejectment of the petitioners from the land in question and imposed a penalty of Rs.10,000/- per hectare per year from the year 1975-76 till the vacation of the land. An appeal was preferred against the same by the petitioners before the Collector, Kaithal which was dismissed on 27.11.1998. Against the order of the learned Collector, Kaithal, the petitioners filed revision petitions before the Commissioner, Ambala Division, Ambala Cantt., who vide order dated 09.03.2004 remanded their cases to the learned Collector, Kaithal, to decide the same on merit after hearing both the parties and giving them opportunity to produce evidence after spot inspection. In compliance