101 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH COCP-4287-2025 Date of Decision:- 02.09.2026 Darshan Singh ....Petitioner Vs. Himanshu Aggarwal, Deputy Commissioner, Ludhiana and others ....Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE AMARJOT BHATTI Present:- Mr. R.S. Waraich, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Harkanwar Jeet Singh, AAG, Punjab. ***** AMARJOT BHATTI, J. (Oral) 1. Petitioner Darshan Singh has filed present contempt petition under Article 215 of Constitution of India read with Section 2 and 12 of the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 for willful disobedience of order/judgment dated 17.07.2020 (Annexure P/1) passed in CWP-10126-2020, titled “Darshan Singh Vs. State of Punjab and Others”, taking the stand that respondents have not complied with direction of this Court in letter and spirit and forcibly trying to dispossess the petitioner from the land in question. Copy of order dated 17.07.2020 passed in CWP-10126-2020 is Annexure P-1. Relevant para nos. 4, 5 and 6 of aforesaid order runs as under :- “4. Mr. Sahil Sharma, DAG, Punjab accepts notice on behalf of the respondents and states that in fact the office of respondent No.2 is now open and the petitioner can file statutory appeal. 5. In these circumstances, this petition is disposed of with a direction to the petitioner to file proper proceedings on or before 21.7.2020 and in case the petitioner files any proceedings he may not be dispossessed till the decision of the stay application which he would file. 6. Since the main case has been decided, the pending application if any also stands dispose of.” LALIT SHARMA 2026.09.03 17:59 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document COCP-4287-2025 -2- 2. Today, learned counsel representing respondents filed compliance report and referred to para no. 10, according to which Joint Development Commissioner, SAS Nagar (Mohali) has already decided Appeal No. 000419 of 2020 vide order dated 10.12.2025. Translated copy of same is Annexure R-3/1-T. As per this order, “the order dated 21.12.2018 passed by the then DDPO-cum-Collector, Panchayat Lands, Jalandhar was set aside and case was remanded back to him for passing afresh order after going through the record and in accordance with law after affording opportunity of hearing to them.” Learned counsel representing respondents submitted that Appeal No. 000419 of 2020 is already disposed of by Joint Development Commissioner, SAS Nagar (Mohali), therefore, no further action is required. 3. In view of aforesaid factual position, at this stage, learned counsel representing petitioner states that no further action is required as for now and in case need arises, he will avail legal remedy available to him as per law. 4. In view of above, no further action is required in present contempt petition and same is accordingly disposed of, with aforesaid liberty. 5. Pending miscellaneous application, if any, shall also stands disposed of accordingly. (AMARJOT BHATTI) JUDGE 02.09.2026 lalit Whether speaking/reasoned : Yes/No Whether reportable : Yes/No LALIT SHARMA 2026.09.03 17:59 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document