{"id":260986,"date":"2008-11-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-16T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/jaspal-singh-and-another-vs-state-of-punjab-and-others-on-17-november-2008"},"modified":"2015-04-13T04:41:49","modified_gmt":"2015-04-12T23:11:49","slug":"jaspal-singh-and-another-vs-state-of-punjab-and-others-on-17-november-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/jaspal-singh-and-another-vs-state-of-punjab-and-others-on-17-november-2008","title":{"rendered":"Jaspal Singh And Another vs State Of Punjab And Others on 17 November, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"docsource_main\">Punjab-Haryana High Court<\/div>\n<div class=\"doc_title\">Jaspal Singh And Another vs State Of Punjab And Others on 17 November, 2008<\/div>\n<pre id=\"pre_1\">CIVIL WRIT PETITION NO. 8238 OF 2008                         -1-\n\nIN THE HIGH          COURT       OF   PUNJAB     AND    HARYANA        AT\nCHANDIGARH.\n\n\n\n            DATE OF DECISION: November 17, 2008.\n\n                  Parties Name\n\nJaspal Singh and another\n\n                                      ..PETITIONERS\n      VERSUS\n\nState of Punjab and others\n                                      ...RESPONDENTS\n\n\nCORAM:      HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE T.S.THAKUR, CHIEF JUSTICE\n            HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASBIR SINGH\n\n\nPRESENT: Mr. Vishal Aggarwal,\n         Advocate, for the petitioner\n\n            Mr. H.S.Sidhu, Addl. A.G., Punjab\n            for respondents No. 1 and 4.\n\n            Mr. R.S.Bajaj, Advocate, for\n            respondents No. 2 and 3.\n\n            Mr. P.S. Thiara, Advocate,\n            for respondent No. 5.\n\n            Mr. Sukhbir Singh Mattewal, Advocate,\n            for respondent No. 6.\n\n\n\n1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment?\n2. To be referred to the Reporters or not?\n3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest?\n\n\n\nT.S.THAKUR, CHIEF JUSTICE (oral)\n\n\nJUDGMENT\n<\/pre>\n<p id=\"p_1\">            This petition has been filed in public interest. It prays for a<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\" id=\"span_1\"> CIVIL WRIT PETITION NO. 8238 OF 2008                            -2-<\/span><\/p>\n<p>direction to the respondents to stop the construction activity, started by<\/p>\n<p>respondent No. 6, in a residential area at B-7, 1794\/95, Nagar Mandi,<\/p>\n<p>Chaura Bazar, Ludhiana, and to initiate appropriate action for removal of<\/p>\n<p>the misuse of the said property, which is otherwise situate in a residential<\/p>\n<p>area. A direction restraining respondent No. 5 from granting any electric<\/p>\n<p>connection for the construction unauthorisedly raised by respondent No. 6<\/p>\n<p>has also been prayed for.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_1\">            In response to the notice issued by this Court, counter affidavits<\/p>\n<p>have been filed by respondents No. 2 and 6. In the counter affidavit, filed by<\/p>\n<p>the respondent &#8211; Municipal Corporation, it is stated that respondent No. 6<\/p>\n<p>has not taken any permission from the Corporation for raising the<\/p>\n<p>construction. It is further stated that respondent No. 6, who happens to be<\/p>\n<p>the President of Shri Akalgarh Gurdwara, has constructed nearly 75 shops<\/p>\n<p>within the premises in possession of Shri Akalgarh Gurdwara and that the<\/p>\n<p>said shops have also been constructed without any permission from the<\/p>\n<p>Municipal Corporation. The said shops are, according to the counter<\/p>\n<p>affidavit, presently lying vacant. The counter further states that as per the<\/p>\n<p>prevailing practice, religious institutions do not take any permission from<\/p>\n<p>the Municipal Corporation before raising any building within their<\/p>\n<p>premises.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_2\">            Appearing for respondent No. 6 Mr. Mattewal argued that the<\/p>\n<p>entire street, in which the construction in question has been raised, is<\/p>\n<p>commercial in nature. He drew our attention to the photographs enclosed<\/p>\n<p>with the writ petition in support of his submission that the properties situate<\/p>\n<p>in the said area are being used both for residential and commercial purposes.<\/p>\n<p>The allegation made by the petitioners that the area is purely residential is<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\" id=\"span_1\"> CIVIL WRIT PETITION NO. 8238 OF 2008                          -3-<\/span><\/p>\n<p>not, therefore, factually correct. It was also fairly conceded      by Mr.<\/p>\n<p>Mattewal that although the area is mixed use area, yet the permission of the<\/p>\n<p>Corporation to raise any structure in the said area was necessary, which<\/p>\n<p>could not for whatever reasons be obtained by respondent No. 6 before<\/p>\n<p>raising the construction. He submitted that respondent No. 6 could even at<\/p>\n<p>this stage approach the Corporation for grant of sanction post facto, in<\/p>\n<p>which event the respondent &#8211; Corporation would examine the same<\/p>\n<p>according to the relevant Municipal By-Laws and pass appropriate orders<\/p>\n<p>on the request for grant of permission. The Corporation could also examine<\/p>\n<p>the question whether any part of the structure, raised by respondent No. 6<\/p>\n<p>was impermissible as per the By-Laws and whether the said violation could<\/p>\n<p>be compounded on payment of the requisite compounding fee.<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_3\">            Learned counsel for the Corporation was also agreeable to that<\/p>\n<p>course of action being adopted. He urged that if a request for grant of<\/p>\n<p>sanction is made by respondent No. 6, the Corporation will look into the<\/p>\n<p>matter and pass appropriate orders in accordance with law.<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_4\">            The offending construction appears to have been started and<\/p>\n<p>completed by respondent No. 6 without first obtaining the requisite sanction<\/p>\n<p>from the Corporation, as was necessary under the leading By-Laws. To that<\/p>\n<p>extent, the construction is unauthorised and could be proceeded against.<\/p>\n<p>What is surprising and difficult to appreciate is the inaction of the<\/p>\n<p>Municipal Corporation authorities in the matter of preventing such<\/p>\n<p>construction at the appropriate stage. There is no explanation forth-coming<\/p>\n<p>from the Corporation for its failure to take appropriate action at the<\/p>\n<p>appropriate stage. There is also no explanation why the Corporation did not<\/p>\n<p>proceed against the officer concerned with implementing and enforcing the<br \/>\n<span class=\"hidden_text\" id=\"span_2\"> CIVIL WRIT PETITION NO. 8238 OF 2008                           -4-<\/span><\/p>\n<p>building By-Laws in the area in question. If an officer of the Corporation<\/p>\n<p>fails to report about an on-going violation, he commits misconduct, for<\/p>\n<p>which he ought to be suitably dealt with by the authorities. In the<\/p>\n<p>circumstances, therefore, all that we need to direct in the present writ<\/p>\n<p>petition is that in case respondent No. 6 submits building plans and an<\/p>\n<p>application for post facto regularisation of the construction within a period<\/p>\n<p>of six weeks from today, the competent authority of the Corporation shall<\/p>\n<p>examine the same and pass appropriate orders in accordance with law. In<\/p>\n<p>case no such plans are submitted, the authority shall initiate action for<\/p>\n<p>removal of the unauthorised construction. The authority shall also take<\/p>\n<p>action against the official, if any found negligent in the matter of reporting<\/p>\n<p>the violation, committed by respondent No. 6.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_5\">             This writ petition is with the above directions disposed of<\/p>\n<p>leaving the parties to bear their own costs.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"p_6\">\n<p id=\"p_7\">                                                        ( T.S.THAKUR)<br \/>\n                                                         CHIEF JUSTICE<\/p>\n<p>                                                        (JASBIR SINGH)<br \/>\nNovember 17, 2008.                                         JUDGE<br \/>\nDKC\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Punjab-Haryana High Court Jaspal Singh And Another vs State Of Punjab And Others on 17 November, 2008 CIVIL WRIT PETITION NO. 8238 OF 2008 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. DATE OF DECISION: November 17, 2008. Parties Name Jaspal Singh and another ..PETITIONERS VERSUS State of Punjab and others &#8230;RESPONDENTS [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-260986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-court","category-punjab-haryana-high-court"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Jaspal Singh And Another vs State Of Punjab And Others on 17 November, 2008 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; High Court | Legal India<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/jaspal-singh-and-another-vs-state-of-punjab-and-others-on-17-november-2008\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Jaspal Singh And Another vs State Of Punjab And Others on 17 November, 2008 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court &amp; 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