M L MANGHANDA Vs. UNION TERRITORY OF CHANDIGARH

JUDGEMENT

(1.) This appeal by special leave which is directed against the judgment and order dated April 28, 1975, of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana at Chandigarh, dismissing the Civil Writ Petition No. 1819 of 1975 filed by the appellants and respondents 3 to 37 herein, who are industrial workers employed in factories situate in the industrial area in Chandigarh.

(2.) The facts leading to this appeal are:In 1956, the Legislature of the then State of Punjab enacted what is called the Punjab Industrial Housing Act. 1956 (Punjab Act 16 of 1956) (hereinafter referred to as the Act) to provide for allotment, recovery of rent, eviction and other ancillary matters in respect of houses constructed under the subsidised Industrial Housing Scheme for industrial workers in the State of Punjab. In exercise of the powers conferred on it under S. 24 of the Act, the State Government made rules called the Punjab Industrial Housing Rules, 1956 (hereinafter referred to as the Rules). Rule 4 of the Rules as originally made ran as under:-

(3.) This rule was amended vide Notification No. 4119-2HG-60/29333 dated October 5, 1960. The rule, after its aforesaid amendment, read as under:-