The Punjab and Haryana High Court has directed Punjab Mandi Board not to make any construction on 22 acres (96 bighas) of land in village Mehmadpur, tehsil and district Patiala, until the next date of hearing of the case. The order was passed on a petition filed by Panchayat of Mehmadpur.

The panchayat, in its petition, alleged that it is seeking the intervention of the court against the illegal acquisition and commercial exploitation of village common land by Punjab Mandi Board, in gross violation of constitutional, statutory, and defence regulations. The petitioner panchayat is the lawful custodian of approximately 22 acres (96 bighas) of village common land in Mehmadpur.

Despite statutory prohibition and repeated objections from the panchayat and Department of Town and Country Plannin

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