Court On Its Own Motion vs Chandigarh Admn on 2 March, 2020
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land area in the layout, for
roads, drains, parks, playgrounds and civic amenities
(community facilities), etc.
15. The development authority will also incur
considerable ... unauthorized layout, usually no land will be
set apart for parks, playgrounds and community facilities.
Even if any land is set apart, it is likely
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allotted to the school for playground. The school was allotted land
measuring 4700 sq.yards on 1.2.1994. This ... unanimously passed a resolution that
part of the school land meant for playground be sold to raise funds.
Secretary was authorised to sell part
case of the Gram Panchayat that khasra No.118 is
reserved for playground and the petitioner is in illegal possession of the
same. The application ... land of the school is situated in
khasra No.124 while the playground is in khasra No.123, which is evident
from the demarcation report
approval after
observing that the entire khasra number is reserved as a playground
for the school and that affluent persons cannot be allowed to
purchase ... sell the subject land as it forms part of the playground of the school.
The official respondents have also taken their stand to the same
land in dispute is reserved for a school
playground and as there is no other land in possession of the Gram
Panchayat for giving ... question to the petitioners as it is reserved for the
school playground. The Panchayat then filed an application under
Section 7 of the Act before
seeking a
mandamus to direct the respondents to demarcate the land of
playground of village Gheed, Tehsil & District Karnal pursuant to
the applications dated ... that this Court
further directed the Deputy Commissioner to demarcate the entire
playground and construct the four-wall after including the
encroached upon land
Rect. No.80, Killa No.7 for its use as a football playground.
In brief, earlier the petitioner had filed CWP No.25039 ... therein to refrain from occupying, by way of
plantation, the playground which was being used as such from the last 50 years
and also
grounds; public places of
religious or charitable nature; and
(iv) schools and playgrounds, dispensaries,
hospitals, and institutions of like nature,
water-works or tube wells ... whether such
schools, playgrounds, dispensaries,
hospitals, institutions, water-works or
tube-wells mayu be managed and
controlled by the State Government
reserved for the benefit of the village community, including streets, lanes,
playgrounds, school, drinking wells, or ponds within abadi deh or gorah
deh, within ... reserved for the benefit of the
village community including streets, lanes,
playgrounds, school, drinking wells, or ponds
within abadi deh or gorah