Chandigarh, June 16 -- Dismissing an appeal filed by the Panchkula Municipal Corporation against January 2024 orders of the court of the district collector which had recognised M/s Polo Hotels Ltd and its director Abhey Ram Dahiya as the owners of about 15 acres of disputed land in erstwhile Chowki village, the court of Ambala divisional commissioner held that the entitlement of the two entities in shamlat land (village commons) stands proved. The North Park Hotel in Panchkula is run by Polo Hotels Limited.

Revenue officials said the divisional commissioner's court relied on revenue records and jamabandis which showed that the predecessors of Polo Hotel and its directors were co-sharers in the shamlat land and in cultivating possession b...