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Present: Mr. Sandeep Chabbra, Addl. A.G. Haryana for the appellant(cid:26)State.

Mr. Sunil Pawar, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Gopal Sharma, Advocate for respondents.

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1. Mr. Gopal Sharma, Advocate has filed vakalatnama on behalf of respondents with no objection from earlier counsel. Same is taken on record.

2. In the present appeal, challenge is to the impugned order dated 25.04.2017 passed by the learned Single Judge of this Court in CWP(cid:26)24315(cid:26) 2015 by which, the writ petition filed by the respondents herein, challenging the order dated 18.11.2014 passed by the Financial Commissioner (DB(cid:26)II), Haryana, Chandigarh by which order, the Financial Commissioner while taking a (cid:1)(cid:2)(cid:3)(cid:4)(cid:5)(cid:3)(cid:6)(cid:2) cognizance of an order dated 07.04.1995 passed by the Sub(cid:26)Divisional Officer, Meham had set aside the same.

3. Certain facts need to be mentioned for the correct appreciation of the issue in hand.

4. The predecessor(cid:26)in(cid:26)interest of the respondent namely, Baldeva was a big land owner and at his hands the land measuring 106 standard acres situated in Village Bhiani Chanderpal, Tehsil Meham, District Rohtak was declared surplus vide order dated 01.01.1960 passed under the Punjab Security of Land Tenure Act, 1953 (hereinafter referred to as ‘1953 Act’).

The said order attained finality.

5. On 17.01.1995, after a period of 35 years of land being declared surplus, the successor(cid:26)in(cid:26)interest of Baldeva filed an application for the release of the land from the surplus pool. The Sub Divisional Officer Civil(cid:26) cum(cid:26)prescribed authority, Meham on 07.04.1995 accepted the said application and directed the release of the land from the surplus pool so as to give the same to the respondents herein.

6. That when the fact that the Sub(cid:26)Divisional Officer on 07.04.1995, had passed an order after a period of 35 years of passing of the order dated 01.01.1960 passed under the 1953 Act wherein the said land had already not only been declared surplus but had also attained finality, came to the knowledge of the Financial Commissioner, the Financial Commissioner by taking suo moto cognizance pa