Punjab Gram Panchayat Act, 1952

The Haryana Government, exercising power under Section 4 of the Punjab Gram Panchayat Act, 1952, issued a notification on 18‑12‑1991 amalgamating the Bhorakh and Harigarh Gram Sabhas to curb alleged misuse of office by the Sarpanch of Harigarh, who had illegally appropriated Panchayat land. The amalgamation was challen…

The appellants, co‑sharers of a Shami/at Patti Sayar (common village land) in village Dahina, filed a civil suit seeking declaration and possession of the land against the respondents. The trial court and the first appellate court decreed in favour of the appellants, granting them possession. The High Court set aside t…

The respondents, who were the khewatdars of land classified as “Shamlat deh” in village Brahman Majra, claimed that the land reverted to them after the Gram Sabha was abolished, invoking Rule 3 of the Punjab Gram Panchayat Rules, 1965. The Municipal Committee of Sirhind argued that the land had vested in it when a noti…

The dispute concerned lands that were originally used for common purposes, later recorded as shamilat deh and vested in a Gram Panchayat under Section 3(a) of the Punjab Village Common Land (Regulation) Act, 1953. After mutation under the Haryana Municipal Common Land (Regulation) Act, 1974 (later declared void), the f…

The Punjab Government issued notifications under Sections 3 and 4 of the Punjab Panchayati Raj Act, 1994 to declare the territorial area of a new Gram Sabha (Khanpur) and to establish it, thereby excluding parts of the existing Gram Sabha (Wazidpur). Sarpanch and a Gram Panchayat member of Wazidpur challenged the notif…

The State of Punjab, under the Punjab Municipal Act, 1911, notified the inclusion of eight local areas into Sunam Municipality. A stay order was later placed on this notification, preventing the areas from being officially added. Despite the stay, the State, compelled by a statutory deadline, held municipal elections o…