IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision : 22.04.2026 (124) CWP-6870-2026 (O&M)

Mahabir Singh and others …Petitioners Versus State of Haryana and others …Respondents (125) CWP-6885-2026 (O&M)

Mahabir Singh and others …Petitioners Versus State of Haryana and others …Respondents (126) CWP-6887-2026 (O&M)

Mahabir Singh and others …Petitioners Versus State of Haryana and others …Respondents (127) CWP-6973-2026 (O&M)

Mahabir Singh and others …Petitioners Versus State of Haryana and others …Respondents CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE HARSH BUNGER Present: Mr. Rajat Sheokand, Advocate for the petitioners.

Ms. Upasana Dhawan, AAG, Haryana.

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HARSH BUNGER J. (Oral)

This order shall dispose of four writ petitions i.e.

CWP Nos. 6870, 6885, 6887 & 6973 of 2026 as they involve common issues of law and fact, however, for the purpose of passing this order, the facts are being taken from CWP-6870-2026.

2. Petition herein is herein is, inter alia, seeking a writ in the nature of Certiorari, for setting aside the order dated 21.03.2024 (Annexure P-2) passed by learned District Revenue Officer-cum-Collector, Panipat, and order dated 04.06.2025 (Annexure P-4) passed by learned Commissioner, Karnal Division, Karnal.

3. Briefly, the private respondents herein filed four separate applications seeking partition of four separate khewats i.e. Khewat No.103//92, Khewat No.299//272, Khewat No.1288 and Khewat No.1388/1150 (as per jamabandi for the year 2015-16) of village Madlauda, Tehsil Madlauda, District Panipat.

4. It appears that after filing of the above-referred four partition applications, the private respondents moved an application before the learned Assistant Collector 1st Grade, Madlauda, with prayer for conducting partition proceedings by consolidating all the khewats.

5. It transpires that the learned Assistant Collector, rejected the aforesaid submission for clubbing of khewats and approved the mode of partition, wherein it was provided that the partition shall be conducted by disturbing the possession and on that basis Naksha Bey was approved on 19.06.2023. It is noticeable that the order rejecting the application for clubbing of khewats as well as the order approving Naksha Bey has not been placed on record in the present writ petition, for the reasons best known to the petitioners.

6. In para No.3 of the writ petition, it is the pleaded case of the petitioners that the private respondents challenged the order dated 02.06.2023/05.05.2023 and Naksha Bey dated 19.06.2023 by filing four separate appeals before the learned District Revenue Officer-cum-Collector, Panipat, who vide order dated 21.03.2024 (Annexure P-2) set aside the order dated 02.06.2023, whereby the mode of partition has been approved and also the order dated 19.06.2023 vide which Naksha Bey was approved, and the matter was remanded to the learned Assistant Collector, with the direction that the partition proceedings be conducted as per rules, after consolidating all the khewats.

7. Feeling dissatisfied with the aforesaid order dated 21.03.2024 (Annexure P-2), the present petitioners preferred four separate appeals before the learned Commissioner, Karnal Division, Karnal; however, the same were dismissed vide order dated 04.06.2025 (Annexure P-4).

8. In view of the aforementioned circumstances, present petition(s) has been filed before this Court, for seeking relief(s) as noted hereinabove.

9. I have heard the learned counsel for the petitioners and perused the paperbook with his able assistance.

10. Before this Court, it is not disputed by the learned counsel for the petitioners that the land under partition is comprised in four separate khewats and all the aforesaid four khewats have common co-sharers. It appears that when the matter was pending before the learned Assistant Collector, an application was moved by the private respondents herein, for carrying out the partition proceedings by clubbing all the khewats; however, the said prayer was rejected by the l