IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.15395 of 2009 Date of Decision : September 29, 2010. Rasal Singh .....Petitioner versus The State of Punjab and others .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.Deepak Aggarwal, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr.K.D.S.Sidhu, Deputy Advocate General, Punjab. -.- 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? --- Surya Kant, J. (Oral) The petitioner alongwith his seven co-vendees purchased the agricultural land measuring 32 kanals, (i.e., 4 kanals by each of them), situated in the revenue estate of village Patti Gill, District Bathinda, vide registered sale deed dated 5.5.2004 (Annexure P-1). The petitioner impugns the order dated 12.1.2005 (Annexure P-2) passed by the Collector, Bathinda asking him and his co-vendees to make good the deficiency of the stamp duty to the tune of Rs.5,34,800/- The said order has been upheld by the Appellate Authority also by dismissing the petitioner's appeal vide order dated 22.11.2005 (Annexure P-4). C.W.P.No .15395 of 2009 2 While determining the deficiency towards stamp duty charges, the Collector has categorically held that the subject land is located adjoining to Adarsh Nagar which is a populated residential area and the said land has been sold for the purpose of residential plots only. He has accordingly determined the market value of the land at the rate of Rs.500/- per square yard which is the notified Collector's rate for the residential plots in Adarsh Nagar on Guniana Road, Bathinda. Since the petitioner has nowhere disputed the location of the land adjoining to Adarsh Nagar on Guniana Road, Bathinda, nor the purchase of 32 kanals of land by eight vendees can be said to be for the agricultural purposes and it is obviously meant only for the residential purposes only, no case to interfere with the finding of fact recorded by the Collector, Bathinda vide the impugned order dated 12.1.2005 as affirmed by the Appellate Authority, by this Court in exercise of its writ jurisdiction, is made out. Dismissed. September 29, 2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE