Punjab Municipal Act, 1911, Section 193 -- Construction plan - Submitted to Committee for sanction - Held, committee can only refuse sanction on grounds indicated u/s 193 of the Act and not otherwise - Fact that private respondents disputed ownership of petitioner of land in dispute, is not a valid ground for committee not to pass an order of sanction or refusal on request..........
Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887, Section 13, 16, Punjab Land Revenue (Lambardari) Rules, 1908, Rule 15, 20 -- Appointment of Lambardar - Qualification of candidates - Held, personal influence, character, services rendered to State by himself or by family, service rendered to Community and Development programmes, are relevant consideration for appointment of Lambardar...........
Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887, Section 13, 16, Punjab Land Revenue (Lambardari) Rules, 1908, Rule 15, 20 -- Appointment of Lambardar - Disqualification - Criminal complaint for offences falling within domain of Ss.323, 324 and 326 IPC filed against candidate - Proceedings terminated in compromise and candidate acquitted - Held, it will not disqualify candidate for..........
Constitution of India, 1950, Article 14, 226 -- Punjab State Civil Services Combined Competitive Examination, 2009 - Competitive examination - Preliminary examination - Short listing - Clauses 1 of the prospectus clearly provides that candidates equal to thirteen times of the total vacancies determined by the Government shall qualify for main competitive examination -..........
Punjab Civil Service Rules, Volume II, Rules 11 14, 11 17 -- A - Commutation of pension - Consent given by petitioner for commutation of his pension to 50% instead of 40% as already commuted - Though order sanctioning commutation issued yet amount not paid but monthly recovery as a result of commutation of pension started from pension - Despite repeated requests additional..........
East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 1949, Section 17 -- Eviction order - Execution - Tenant fled objection alleging that execution before Rent Controller not maintainable in terms of S.17 of the Act as order of Rent Controller becomes a decree and can be executed by Civil Court only having jurisdiction in area - Objection dismissed sans and merit - Held, in States of..........
Punjab State Election Commission Act, 1994, Section 76 -- Limitation to file election petition - Writ petition impugning election of appellants - Writ petition allowed to be withdrawn with liberty to file election petition - At the time of withdrawal, writ petitioner made no prayer to file election petition within specified time - Held, mere liberty to file election..........
Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887, Section 158 -- Mines and Minerals (Regulation and Development) Act, 1957, Punjab Minor Minerals Concession Rules, 1964 - Use of brick earth extracted from land of private land owners, by brick-kiln owners - Held, State is not vested with power to recover royalty from brick-kiln owners...........
East Punjab Urban Rent Restriction Act, 1949, Section 13 -- Eviction order - Petitioner filed civil suit and obtained injunction against his dispossession - During pendency of civil suit objections filed by him to execution petition filed by Landlord without withdrawing civil suit - Held, it is a pure and simple case of forum hunting on part of petitioner who has consumed..........
Punjab Panchayati Raj Act, 1994, Section 20(6) -- Appeal - Maintainability - Complaint filed by complainant against Panches of Gram Panchayat leading to their suspension - Subsequently panches reinstated by competent authority vide impugned order - Held, complainant is aggrieved party and has locus standi to file appeal against impugned order...........
