IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA

AT CHANDIGARH

Civil Writ Petition No.5556 of 1985 (O&M)

Date of decision: 13.10.2011

Punjab Rai and others

....Petitioners

versus

State of Punjab, through Secretary to Government of Punjab,

Revenue Department, Chandigarh, and others.

....Respondents

CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE K. KANNAN

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Present:

Mr. Sarjit Singh, Senior Advocate, with Mr. Vikas

Singh, Advocate, and Mr. Jagdev Singh, Advocate, for

the petitioners.

Mr. Praveen Chander Goyal, Additional Advocate

General, Punjab, for respondents 1 to 4.

Mr. S.C. Khungar, Advocate, for respondent No.5.

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1.

Whether reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the

judgment ? No.

2.

To be referred to the reporters or not ? Yes.

3.

Whether the judgment should be reported in the digest ? Yes.

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K.Kannan, J. (Oral)

1.

The only point urged in this writ petition filed at the

instance of the purchaser is whether he has the locus standi to

approach this Court challenging the issue of the application of the

Punjab Land Reforms Act, 1972 (for short, the 1972 Act') which

sets a ceiling limit for the permissible area of a holding of a

landowner. This objection is