UJAGAR SINGH Vs. UNION OF INDIA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) NO . 5, Link Road, Faridabad, which was taken over by the IT Department under s. 269UD of the IT Act, 1961 (for short, "the Act"), for the use of Centralized Processing Centre.

(2.) THE case set out in the petition is that Sita Wanti Chadha mother of Petn. Nos. 1 to 3 was the owner of the property husband of Sita Wanti Chadha entered into an agreement to purchase lease hold rights of the said property. The property was acquired by the State of Haryana in the year 1973. However, the same was released from acquisition in the proceedings initiated by Sita Wanti Chadha in Civil Appeal No. 258 of 1983 before the Hon'ble Supreme Court, as Engineers (P) Ltd. in which respondent No. 7, daughter -in -law of Sita Wanti Chadha, was one of the directors. Sita Wanti Chadha made an application under s. 269UC of the Act for securing no objection certificate. The petitioners filed 2000, the property in dispute was acquired under s. 269UD(1) of the Act, on the ground that ostensible consideration was under evaluation. It is further on record that a sum of Rs. 61,89,000 was paid to Sita Wanti Chadha who handed

(3.) CONTENTION raised in the writ petition is that the petitioners were the lessees and were in the possession of the property and had right to be heard before an order under s. 269UD(1) of the Act was passed, in the absence of which, the impugned order was illegal.