IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.23382 of 2010 Harpreet Kaur Vs. State of Haryana & others Present: Mr.Ashok Tyagi, Advocate, for the petitioner. ***** RANJIT SINGH, J. The petitioner claims to be the owner of building which has been demolished. It appears that Sunil Gupta made a complaint against the building constructed by the petitioner and the respondents issued notice in the name of Monu Kumar son of Sewak Ram. The grievance of the petitioner is that she being owner was not issued notice, but notice was issued on the wrong name. The petitioner subsequently, however, came to know of one notice and had responded to the same. As per the petitioner, she had demolished two storeys of the building, but subsequently the remaining building has also been demolished by the Municipal Corporation, Ambala. As per the petitioner, this demolition is without any authority and is illegally done without affording appropriate opportunity to the petitioner. To succeed in her efforts to get damages for illegal demolition, the petitioner would be required to establish that there was no valid cause to demolish the building. As per the notice issued, the building had tilted by 3 inches towards the adjacent house. As per the respondents, the building was a threat to the adjoining houses and to the street and as such notice for demolition was issued. The petitioner would have to establish first that the building has been wrongly demolished without any justification before she could make a claim for damages or compensation in this regard. It would be appropriate for the petitioner to file a civil suit for seeking damages where all these pleas can be properly adjudicated. The petitioner is, therefore, relegated to her remedy of filing a civil suit. The writ petition, however, is dismissed. January 05, 2011 ( RANJIT SINGH ) ramesh JUDGE