section 13
Bar of Jurisdiction in Civil Courts
The Punjab Village Common Lands (Regulation) ActNo civil court shall have jurisdiction:- (a) to entertain or adjudicate upon any question, whether any property or any right to or interest in any property is or is not Shamilat deh vested or deemed to have been vested in a Panchayat under this Act ; or (b) to question the legality of any action taken by the Commissioner or the Collector or the Panchayat, under this Act, or (c) in respect of any matter which the Commissioner or the Collector is empowered by or under this Act to determine. (1) A Panchayat may, with the previous approval of the Government, gift the land in Shamilat deh vested in it under the Act for the purposes of a hospital, dispensary or educational or charitable institution or for such other purposes as may be approved by the Government to be for the benefit of the inhabitants of the village concerned. (2) Panchayat may, with the previous approval of the Government, gift the land in shamilat deh vested in it under the Act for the purpose of construction of houses, laying out common places and providing other amenities under the Model village Scheme approved by the Government for the benefit of the inhabitants of the village.
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