K.KANNAN
Avtar Singh (deceased, through his LRs) – Appellant
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Financial Commissioner (Appeals), Punjab, Chandigarh – Respondent
K. Kannan, J.—The writ petition challenges the order passed by the Financial Commissioner directing that in partition proceedings before the authorities, there had been issue of title and that therefore the matter would require to be examined afresh. The Financial Commissioner was accepting the contention of the respondent that the question of title will be decided by the Assistant Collector, 1st Grade either himself by sitting as a Civil Court or declining to proceed with for taking a decision on partition and allow for a civil court adjudication. The challenge to the first order was subjected to an application for review before the Financial Commissioner, but it was dismissed. The dismissal of the review petition and the order passed originally come up for challenge come by means of this writ petition under the following circumstances.
2. The petitioner claimed himself to be a purchaser of a 1/3rd share from one Pritam Singh. Admittedly, the 5th respondent, who is the private contesting respondent was the brother of Pritam Singh and they had yet another brother, who had another 1/3rd share. The total extent of property which the three brothers was 59 kanals 10 marl
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