Satish Wadhwan v. Haryana Urban Development Authority And Others

CWP No. 16330 of 2016 -1IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No. 16330 of 2016 Date of Decision: 11.8.2016 Satish Wadhwan ....Petitioner.

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Haryana Urban Development Authority, Panchkula and others

...Respondents.

CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY KUMAR MITTAL. HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAMENDRA JAIN.

PRESENT: Ms. Bhavna Joshi, Advocate for the petitioner. AJAY KUMAR MITTAL, J.

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In this writ petition filed under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner has prayed for issuance of a writ in the nature of Mandamus directing the respondents to allot an alternative plot to him in Sector 21-C, Faridabad, or in any sector, which is fully developed and free from the purview of the Forest Act, in lieu of plot No. 152-P, Sector 21-C(III), Faridabad measuring 420 square meters. Further, a prayer has been made directing the respondents to decide the representation dated 25.6.2016 (Annexure P-4) submitted by the petitioner. 2.

Plot No. 152-P, Sector 21-C, Part III, Faridabad was allotted to Smt. Suman Rani vide allotment letter dated 12.8.1992 (Annexure P-2). One Shri Rakesh Kukreja had sought information under the Right to Information Act, 2005 about the status of Sector 21-C (III). The said information was supplied vide reply dated 11.11.2014 (Annexure P-3) by GURBACHAN SINGH 2016.08.16 12:47 I attest to the accuracy and authenticity of this document High Court Chandigarh

CWP No. 16330 of 2016 -2the SPIO-cum-Deputy Superintendent, Estate Office, HUDA, Faridabad that the said Sector falls under the forest area. The petitioner requested the respondents to allot a alternative plot in lieu of Plot No. 152-P, Sector 21-C (III), but to no effect. Thereafter, the petitioner moved a representations dated 21.1.2016 (Annexure P-3A) and dated 26.5.2016 (Annexure P-4) to respondent No.3 for the allotment of an alternate plot but no response has been received till date. Hence, the present writ petition. 3.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that for the relief claimed in the writ petition, the petitioner has sent a representation dated 26.5.2016 (Annexure P-4) to respondent No.3, but no action has so far been taken thereon. Reliance was also placed upon the orders (Annexures P-5 to P-9) passed by this Court.

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After hearing learned counsel for the petitioner, perusing the present petition and without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, we dispose of the present petition by directing respondent No.1 to take a decision on the representation dated 26.5.2016 (Annexure P-4), in accordance with law by passing a speaking order and after affording an opportunity of hearing to the petitioner within a period of three months from the date of receipt of certified copy of the order. (AJAY KUMAR MITTAL) JUDGE August 11, 2016 (RAMENDRA JAIN) gbs JUDGE Whether Speaking/Reasoned Yes/No Whether Reportable Yes/No GURBACHAN SINGH 2016.08.16 12:47 I attest to the accuracy and authenticity of this document High Court Chandigarh