CWP No.7784 of 2010 (O&M) [1] IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No.7784 of 2010 (O&M) Date of Decision: 11.11.2011 The Central Warehousing Corporation, Warehousing Bhawan, 4/1 Siri Institutional Area, Hauz Khas, New Delhi, through Sh. Tarun. K. Dey, Regional Manager, CWC Regional Office, Chandigarh. ... Petitioner Versus State of Punjab through Collector, SAS Nagar, Mohali and others. ... Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE K. KANNAN Present:Mr. Arun Jain, Senior Advocate with Mr. Amit Jain, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Anil Kumar Sharma, Addl. AG, Punjab. ***** 1.Whether reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? NO 2.To be referred to the reporters or not? NO 3.Whether the judgment should be reported in the digest? NO K. KANNAN, J. (Oral) 1 The writ petition challenges the proceedings taken by the respondent-State in exercise of jurisdiction under Section 47-A of the Indian Stamp Act. The petitioner, who is an allottee of the property by a public authority, would seek for the acceptance of the consideration found in the allotment as final in terms of the Rule 3-B of the Punjab Stamp (Dealing of Undervalued Instruments) Rule, 1983. This aspect has been considered by this Court in “The Mohali Club, Mohali through its President Kuldeep Singh v. State of Punjab” in CWP No.7784 of 2010 (O&M) [2] CWP No.6387 of 2009. The counsel for the State agrees that this judgment was challenged in LPA No.892 of 2010 before the Bench and the decision has been confirmed by the dismissal of the appeal on 02.08.2010. It appears that SLP has also been filed. Suffice it to observe that no fresh reasoning is necessary and petition requires to be allowed in terms of the reasoning contained in judgment in the Mohali Club referred to above. 2. The impugned orders are quashed and the writ petition is allowed. The excess stamp duty, which is said to have been collected by the State is ordered to be refunded within 8 weeks from the date of receipt of copy of this order with simple interest @ 6% per annum. NOVEMBER 11, 2011 ( K. KANNAN ) Rajan JUDGE