ORDER

The Chandigarh Administration allotted 10.5 acres of land to the Managing Society, Goswami Ganesh Dutt Sanatan Dharam College, Chandigarh (The Society), respondent in the appeal herein, by the letter dated June 21, 1975. The Extate Officer, Chandigarh Administration, on March 15, 1991, directed the Society to pay a sum of Rs. 1,74,690/- , the difference between the ground rent already paid by the Society and the one which was payable under the statutory rules. The Society challenged the notice by way of a writ petition before the Punjab and Haryana High Court. Writ Petition was allowed by the High Court and the Punjab and Haryana High Court. Writ Petition was allowed by the High Court and the demand notice was quashed. This appeal by the Chandigarh Administration is against the judgment of the High Court dated October 22, 1991.

2. The land was allotted to the society for a period of 99 years at the rate of Rs. 10/- per square yard with ground rent at the rate of Rs. 100/- per acre per annum. The allotment to the Society was subject to the provisions of the capital of Punjab (Development and Regulation) Act, 1952 (the Act) and the rules framed thereunder. The Chandigarh Lease-h