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Punjab Gram Panchayat Act, 1952

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SARJEET SINGH (D) TH. LRS.versusHARI SINGH & ORS.

2014 INSC 729Dismissed

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 …

STATE OF PUNJABversusTEHAL SINGH AND ORS.

2002 INSC 3Appeal(s) allowed

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 …

MUNICIPAL COMMITTEE SIRHINDversusPARSHOTAM DASS AND ORS.

1996 INSC 256Appeal(s) allowed

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 …

NOTIFIED AREA COMMITTEE AND ANR.versusDES RAJ AND ORS.

1995 INSC 445Appeal(s) allowed

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 …

KARMALL SINGH AND ANR.versusDARSHAN SINGH AND ORS.

1994 INSC 622Appeal(s) allowed

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 …

ATMA SINGH & ORS.versusSTATE OF PUNJAB & ORS.

1981 INSC 80Dismissed

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 …