East Punjab Holdings (Consolidation and Prevention of Fragmentation) Act, 1948
[32. Suspension of partition proceedings during currency of consolidation proceedings. - After a notification under sub-section (1) of section 14 has issued, no proceedings under Chapter IX of the Punjab Land Revenue Act, 1887, in respect of any estate or a sub-division of an estate affected by the scheme of consolidation shall, subject to the provisions of section 16-A, be commenced, and where such proceedings were commenced before the issue of the notification, they shall remain in abeyance, during the pendency of the consolidation proceedings.]