Haryana Village Common Lands (Regulation) Act, 1961 (18 of 1961), Section 5, 13, 15 -- Haryana Village Common Lands (Regulation) Rules, 1964, Rule 5 -- Exchange of shamilat land – Jurisdiction of civil court -- Word 'benefit of inhabitants of the village' does not mean for the benefit of one or two persons amongst the inhabitants, but is for the benefit of entire village proprietary body -- Further-more, there is no prior approval of the State Government enabling the Sarpanch to file written statement admitting the claim of private respondents -- Exchange is result of collusion between the office bearers of Gram Panchayat and the private respondents -- Even otherwise, there is a specific jurisdictional bar created in Section 13 of the Act of 1961 against the civil court to entertain such a claim -- Thus, the said civil suit was ill constituted besides the award as made thereon by the Daily Lok Adalat concerned, is also vitiated by the vice of jurisdictional incompetence -- Award is a nullity.
