MAHESH BATRA Vs. UNION TERRITORY OF CHANDIGARH

JUDGEMENT

(1.) THIS is a petition to quash the orders dated 1. 6. 1979, 20. 4. 1982 and 6. 12. 1988 passed respectively by the Assistant Estate Officer (exercising the powers of the Estate Officer), Chandigarh, the Chief Administrator and the Advisor to the Administrator, Union Territory, Chandigarh.

(2.) THE petitioners who had purchased 3 Bays Sites bearing Nos. 106, 107 and 108, Sector 17 in the year 1967 were proceeded against on account of violation of the building plan, the conditions of allotment and the provisions of the Capital of Punjab (Development and Regulation) Act, 1952 (hereinafter referred to as 'the Act of 1952') and the Rules framed thereunder. On 1. 6. 1979, the Assistant Estate Officer passed an order Under Section 8-A and resumed the site in question. Simultaneously, he forfeited 10% of the consideration money. The appeal and the revision petition filed by the petitioners have been dismissed by the respondents No. 1 and 2.

(3.) THE respondents have not contested the writ petition by filing the written statement.