This Letters Patent Appeal is directed against the judgment and order of the learned Single Judge dated : 14-2-1991, dismissing the writ petition filed by the Administrator and Executive Officer of the Municipality Jammu against the respondents and up-holding the judgment and order of the J&K Special Tribunal, Jammu dated 15-10-1990 hereinafter referred as Tribunal Jammu.

The facts and circumstances giving rise to the Letters Patent Appeal are briefly given, as under:

The respondent No. 1, a Company incorporated under the Act, for the purposes of constructing a hotel at Residency Road, Jammu, had submitted building plans to Jammu Municipal Authorities for according sanction to the proposed construction. After proper verification and after obtaining "No Objection Certificates" from all concerned, the said plans were sanctioned by the Building permission Committee of Municipality and issued under No. 633 dated 17-3-1987. Allegedly, the Architect engaged by the respondent-Company modified the sanctioned plans to some extent and the same were submitted to Jammu Municipality for sanction. The concerned authorities of the Municipality asked the respondent to submit the modified plans to th

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