IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT

CHANDIGARH

Civil Writ Petition No.2999 of 2011

Date of Decision : February 17, 2011.

Punjab Leather Federation

.....Petitioner

versus

State of Punjab and another

.....Respondents

CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT.

Present : Mr.Samarth Sagar, Advocate, for the petitioner.

1. Whether Reporters of Local papers 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?

Surya Kant, J. (Oral)

The petitioner-Punjab Leather Federation is an Association of

Leather Industries and is aggrieved by the order dated 3^rd December, 2010

(Annexure P-20) passed by respondent No.2-Punjab Small Industries and

Export Corporation (for short 'the PSIEC') whereby the members of the

petitioner-Federation to whom the industrial plots have been allotted on

leasehold basis, have been directed to pay Rs.5/- per square yard as

'conversion fee' for converting their industrial plots from 'leasehold' to

'freehold basis'.

2]

Suffice it to mention here that the industrial plots at Focal

Point including Leather Complex, Jalandhar, measuring 5000 square

yards/meters were a