CWP No. 1362 of 2007 2 IN THE PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT AT CHANDIGARH CWP No. 1362 of 2007 Date of Decision : 22.07.2010 Narinder Pal Singh .......... Petitioner Versus Municipal Corporation Ludhiana & others ...... Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VINOD K. SHARMA Present : Mr. Gurcharan Dass, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Aman Bansal, Advocate for the respondents. **** VINOD K. SHARMA, J. (ORAL) The petitioner has invoked the writ jurisdiction of this Court to challenge the order passed by the respondents- Municipal Corporation, vide which the alleged illegal construction raised by the petitioner was ordered to be demolished. The petitioner filed an appeal against the order passed by the Municipal Corporation before the learned District Judge, Ludhiana, who is the Appellate Authority under the Municipal Corporation Act. The appeal was also dismissed. The learned counsel for the petitioner on instructions stated, that he did not want to contest this writ petition on merit, in view of the fact, that the new buildings by-laws have been framed by the State of Punjab, and that the case of the petitioner would be governed by the new by-laws, therefore, and he will move an CWP No. 1362 of 2007 2 application for compounding of the construction raised, and that he would make a representation / application to the Municipal Corporation, for getting the construction regularised by compounding in accordance with the amended by-laws now in force. In view of the stand taken, the writ petition is disposed off with the direction, that in case application/ representation is made by the petitioner within three weeks from today, the respondent / Municipal Corporation shall take decision thereon, in accordance with law and the by-laws, and thereafter proceed further in the matter. Till the time the competent authority takes a decision on the application / representation, if filed, the demolition of the construction shall remain stayed. It is made clear that in case no such representation / application is made within three weeks, it would be open to the Municipal Corporation to implement the impugned order. 22.07.2010 (VINOD K. SHARMA) 'sp' JUDGE