P&H: Affirms Panchayat’s Title Over Shamlat Land but Dispossession Can Occur Only Through Due Process
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed a Regular Second Appeal filed by the legal heirs of Puran Singh in a long-running dispute over shamlat land at Babiyal, Ambala, affirming a 1987 appellate decree that recognized the Gram Panchayat’s title while protecting only the built-up portion under existing houses.
The case concerned land in Khasra No. 228 within the abadi of village Babiyal. The Panchayat had sued for injunction. The trial court dismissed the suit, but the Additional District Judge, Ambala, partly allowed the appeal in 1987, granting limited relief to the Panchayat. The defendants approached the High Court...
