Civil Writ Petition No.11719 of 2010 -1- IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.11719 of 2010 Date of Decision: 06.07.2010 Aamarjeet Sachdeva ........Petitioner Versus Chandigarh Administration and others .......Respondents CORAM:- HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PERMOD KOHLI Present: Mr. Gunjan Mehta, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. Sanjay Kaushal, Senior Standing Counsel for U.T. Chandigarh-respondents. ****** PERMOD KOHLI, J.(ORAL) Petitioner was serving as Additional Commissioner (Excise & Taxation) in the State of Haryana. On his superannuation on 31st May, 2005, she was appointed as a member of the Haryana Tax Tribunal, constituted under Sub Section (1) and (5) of Section 57 of the Haryana Value Added Tax Act, 2003. The terms of her appointment are contained in Annexure P-2. It is contended that petitioner is also entitled to retain the house, which was in her possession as a Haryana Government's servant in terms of the policy (Annexure P-3), annexed with the writ petition. The petitioner was served with a Show Cause Notice (Annexure P-4) under Section 4 (1) of the Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorized Occupants) Act, 1971 to show cause why order of eviction should not be passed against her. This notice (Annexure P-4) was served before the present Civil Writ Petition No.11719 of 2010 -2- petition has been filed. The petitioner is yet to submit her reply. It is contended on behalf of the petitioner that under the aforesaid government policies and terms of her appointment, she is entitled to retain the government accommodation. The petitioner is yet to file reply to the show cause notice. She is at liberty to place all the relevant materials/documents before the Estate Officer in the reply to show cause notice under Section 4 (1). Without replying to the show cause notice, petitioner has moved this petition. This petition is pre-mature at this stage. Dismissed as such. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that since the petitioner has approached this Court after service of show cause notice and she has hardly time. So, learned counsel seeks time to file the reply. There is substance in the submission, the last date for filing the reply is 07.07.2010. Mr. Sanjay Kaushal, counsel for U.T. Administration, present in the Court, has been asked to appear in this case at this stage. He will instruct the Estate Officer to extend the time by two weeks. The petitioner shall file the reply to the show cause notice within two weeks from today. Estate Officer shall proceed according to law, after considering the reply filed by the petitioner. 06.07.2010 (PERMOD KOHLI) Gagan JUDGE