IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP-18738-2025 (O/M)

Date of decision : 09.09.2025 Niranjan Singh ...... Petitioner Versus Financial Commissioner (Appeals), Punjab and others ...... Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARSH BUNGER Present :- Mr. Umesh Kanwar, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Nirmaljit Singh Diwana, Senior DAG Punjab.

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HARSH BUNGER, J. (ORAL)

1. Prayer in the instant civil writ petition filed under Articles 226/227 of Constitution of India is for issuance of a writ in the nature of certiorari for setting aside the order dated 26.04.2024 (Annexure P-11), passed by learned Financial Commissioner (Appeals), Punjab (in short 'Financial Commissioner'); sanad takseem (instrument of partition) dated 04.02.2020 (Annexure P-8) and order dated 21.11.2019 (Annexure P-4), passed by Assistant Collector 1^st Grade, Tanda.

2. Briefly, respondents No. 3 to 6 sought partition of joint land comprised in Khewat No. 134, 135 and 384 (as per Jamabandi 2008-09), situated at village Talwandi Salhan, Tehsil Dasuya, District Hoshiarpur.

2.1 In the said partition proceedings, the petitioner appeared and submitted his reply, inter-alia raising a plea that a civil suit