IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA

AT CHANDIGARH

Civil Writ Petition No. 4115 of 2008

Date of decision: 9^th October, 2009

Col. Sartaj Singh Sohi (Retd.) and another

… Petitioner

Versus

State of Punjab and others

… Respondents

CORAM:

HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE T.S. THAKUR

HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA

Present:

Mr. R.S. Bajaj, Advocate for the petitioners.

Mr. Rupinder Khosla, Additional Advocate General, Punjab

for respondents No.1 to 3.

Mr. Jatinder J.C. Nagpal, Advocate for respondent No.6.

Mr. Arun Palli, Senior Advocate with

Mr. Tushar Sharma, Advocate for respondents No.7 to 14.

Notes: 1.

Whether Reporters of local newspapers may be allowed to

see the judgment?

2.

To be referred to the Reporters or not?

3.

Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest?

KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA, J.

Residents of Kewal Vihar Society, Jalandhar (hereinafter

referred to as, ‘the Housing Society’) have allegedly committed violations

of sanctioned building plan. Some of these violations are major in nature,

which call for resumption of houses/ flats. Some, being minor, are liable to

be condoned. There are allegations of various encroachments by the

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