IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH ****

Date of Decision: 27.02.2026 SIS RAM & ORS. ...Petitioners Vs.

STATE OF HARYANA AND ORS. …Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JAGMOHAN BANSAL Present:- Mr. Ashwani Kumar Chopra, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Brahmjot Singh Nahar, Advocate and Mr. Jitender Dhanda, Advocate for the petitioners Mr. Akshit Pathania, Assistant Advocate General, Haryana Mr. R.S. Mamli, Advocate for respondents No.3 to 23 ***

JAGMOHAN BANSAL, J. (ORAL)

1. The petitioners through instant petition under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India are seeking setting aside of order dated 08.08.1994 passed by Financial Commissioner, Haryana whereby revision petition filed by the respondent-State was allowed.

2. The prescribed authority in terms of provision of Punjab Security of Land Tenures Act, 1953 (for short ‘1953 Act’) declared Sis Ram (Petitioner No.1) big landowner and his 855 Kanals land as surplus vide order dated 16.09.1968. Shadi Ram, father of Sis Ram transferred 515 Bighas 9 Biswas land in favour of his daughter-in-law, namely Smt. Dhai (Petitioner No.2). The Collector (Agrarian) vide order dated 12.02.1960 declared her as small landowner as her