CWP No. 8034 of 2011

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In the High Court for the States of Punjab and Haryana at

Chandigarh

CWP No. 8034 of 2011(O&M)

Date of decision: 21.11.2011

Amritsar Property Dealers Association, Majitha Road, Amritsar

...... Petitioner

Versus

State of Punjab & others

...... Respondents

Coram: Hon’ble Mr. Justice M.M. Kumar

Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajiv Narain Raina

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Present :

Mr. Parminder Prashar, Advocate for

Mr. N.K. Banka, Advocate

for the petitioner.

Mr. Suvir Sehgal, Addl. A.G., Punjab.

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1. To be referred to the reporters or not ?

2. Whether the judgment should be reported in the

digest?

Rajiv Narain Raina,J.

1.

Price fixation is normally a matter beyond judicial review. The Court

is ill equipped to consider issues of valuation of stamp duty to be levied on

the registration of documents under the Indian Stamp Act, 1899. Circle

Rates of properties are required to be updated with changing times and

market prices. It is the business of the authorities enforcing the provisions

of the Indian Stamp Act, 1899 or the Punjab Stamp (Dealing with

Undervalued Instruments) Rules, 1983 (for brevity '1983 Rules') to levy

appropriate sta