IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH C.W.P. No. 19217 of 2006 DATE OF DECISION: December 16, 2008 Residents Welfare Association …Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and others …Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE M.M. KUMAR HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE JORA SINGH Present: Mr. M.L. Sharma, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Suvir Sehgal, Addl. AG, Punjab, for respondent No. 1. Mr. Rupinder S. Khosla, Advocate, for respondent No. 2. Mr. M.L. Sarin, Senior Advocate, with Mr. Vivek Sood, Advocate, for respondent Nos. 4 to 7 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? M.M. KUMAR, J. The petitioner in the instant petition is a Residents Welfare Association formed by the residents of Shalimar Enclave, Village Himmatgarh, Notified Area Committee Zirakpur, District C.W.P. No. 19217 of 2006 S.A.S. Nagar, Mohali, who have approached this Court with the grievance that the members of the petitioner’s Association had purchased property from the licensed private builder, namely, ‘Shalimar Land Projects Limited’-respondent No. 3. The company- respondent No. 3 has abandoned the project for the reasons best known to it without providing even the basic amenities. The issue raised is that the residents of the Shalimar Enclave have been subjected to extreme inconvenience and the promise of providing a decent living has been turned into a wild dream. 2. At the hearing, learned counsel for the GMADA- respondent No. 2, has stated that being the competent authority, the GMADA has cancelled the license of the private builder i.e. Shalimar Land Projects Limited and an inquiry into the matter by the Central Bureau of Investigation has already been initiated. Learned counsel has also pointed out that the promoter of the project did not follow the terms of the license which has resulted into action of cancellation of that license. He has also stated that the GMADA-respondent No. 2 shall make all efforts to provide basic amenities to the residents of Shalimar Enclave within a period of six months and if further period would be required then an appropriate application shall be filed to seek extension. This satisfies the claim made by the petitioner at this stage. 3. We hope and trust that the people of the area in question who have purchased property from the erstwhile Shalimar Land Projects Limited-respondent No. 3 are provided with the basic 2 C.W.P. No. 19217 of 2006 amenities within six months subject to the aforementioned statement. However, it would be subject to the rights of respondent Nos. 3 to 7. 4. The writ petition stands disposed of in the above terms. (M.M. KUMAR) JUDGE (JORA SINGH) December 16, 2008 JUDGE Pkapoor 3