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CWP-16236-2020 (O&M)

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA

AT CHANDIGARH

CWP-16236-2020 (O&M)

Date of Decision: January 25, 2023

SABIR AND OTHERS

...... Petitioners

VERSUS

STATE OF HARYANA AND OTHERS

..... Respondents

CORAM:- HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE LISA GILL

HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE RITU TAGORE

Present:

Ms. Pratula Sethi, Advocate for the petitioners.

Mr. Amit Aggarwal, DAG, Haryana.

Mr. S.P. Chahar, Advocate for respondent No. 3.

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LISA GILL, J.

Petitioners have filed this writ petition being aggrieved of their

ejectment from the land in question on an application/petition under Section

7 of the Punjab Village Common Lands (Regulation) Act, 1961 [now

Haryana Village Common Lands (Regulation) Act, 1961 as notified on

05.04.2021 (for short – ‘1961 Act’)] vide order dated 30.09.2016 passed by

learned Assistant Collector First Grade, Sonepat.

Brief facts, as pleaded in the writ petition, are that the

petitioners filed application dated 17.05.1994 before the learned Assistant

Collector 2^nd Grade, Sonipat for correction of Girdawari regarding land