The question before the Additional Director, Consolidation of Holdings, Punjab, was whether the land in dispute was a shamlat deh land and as such owned by the Gram Panchayat or it was owned by the proprietors of the village.
Sections 11 and 13 of the Punjab Village Common Lands Regulations Act, 1961 the Regulation Act are as under Decision of claims of rights, title or interest in shamlat deh.
The Gram Panchayat challenged the order of the Additional Director by way of a writ petition before the High Court.
The Additional Director came to the companyclusion that the respondents were the owners and proprietors of the land.
