India, Aug. 5 -- The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that over 274 acres (436 bighas and 18 biswas, according to the Haryana government) of disputed land in Wazirabad is shamlat deh (village common land) and restored its ownership to the Municipal Corporation Gurugram (MCG), setting aside a 2007 Punjab and Haryana High Court judgment that had recognised private ownership claims.

A bench of justice Sanjay Kumar and justice K. Vinod Chandran held that the disputed land was shamlat deh (village common land) governed by the Haryana Common Lands (Regulation) Act, 1961, and reaffirmed the September 13, 1955, mutation in favour of the Wazirabad gram panchayat, whose rights were subsequently inherited by the MCG following its formation in 2010.

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