Judgment

Mr. Kuldeep Tiwari, J.

The petitioners have filed the instant petition seeking quashing of order dated 31.5.2018, Annexure P/1 passed by learned Collector and order dated 11.1.2019, Annexure P/2, passed by learned Commissioner in the title suit filed by respondent-Gram Panchayat under Section 11 of the Punjab Village Common Lands (Regulation) Act, 1961 (hereinafter to be referred as ‘the Act of 1961’).

2. The respondent-Gram Panchayat, filed petition under Section 11 of the Act of 1961, for declaring Gram Panchayat, Garhi Baksha, as owner of the petition land(s) and for declaring sale deed No. 306 dated 18.6.1993, sale deed no. 265 dated 4.6.1993 and sale deed nos. 281-282 dated 11.6.1993, registered with the Sub Registrar, Bhogpur, as null and void, on the premise that the executant of the sale deeds has no right to transfer the land in favour of the petitioners. The above application was allowed vide order dated 31.5.2018 by the learned Collector concerned. Feeling aggrieved with the aforesaid impugned order, the petitioners made unsuccessful challenge by filing a statutory appeal under Section 11 (2) of the Act of 1961, which was dismissed by the learned Commissioner