CWP No.1246 of 2009 -: 1 :- IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No.1246 of 2009 Date of decision: January 27, 2009. The Silverton Cooperative House Building (1 st ) Society ...Petitioner(s) v. The Chandigarh Administration & Ors. ...Respondent(s) CORAM:HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURYA KANT 1. Whether Reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the judgment ? 2. Whether to be referred to the Reporters or not ? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? Present: Shri S.S. Khetarpal, Advocate for the petitioner. ORDER Surya Kant, J. - (Oral): The petitioner – a cooperative house building society, is aggrieved at the self-speaking order dated 7.1.2009 passed by the Chandigarh Housing Board, Chandigarh whereby it has been asked to deposit a sum of Rs.58,72,288/- by way of demand draft before 31.1.2009 failing which it has been threatened with cancellation of the allotment of the land. A perusal of the impugned order reveals that according to the Chandigarh Housing Board authorities, three annual equated installments of Rs.2,02,29,774/- each were deposited by the petitioner-society without adding element of interest which, as per the terms and conditions of CWP No.1246 of 2009 -: 2 :- allotment, it was liable to pay. Contrary to it, the petitioner-society's claim is that all the three installments were deposited with interest as determined by this Court. It is, thus, apparent that the writ petition involves seriously disputed questions of fact pertaining to settlement of accounts which cannot be effectively gone into in these proceedings. Faced with this situation, Learned Counsel for the Petitioner submits that the petitioner has explained each and every penny's liability in the writ petition and the respondents are obligated to afford an opportunity of personal hearing to the petitioner-society in the light of the facts and figures explained in the writ petition and thereafter only to finally determine the petitioner-society's liability, if any. Having heard Learned Counsel for the Petitioner at some length and going through the detailed averments made in the writ petition, I deem it appropriate to dispose of the same by directing the respondents to treat this writ petition as a representation/reply to the impugned order-cum-notice dated 7.1.2009. The Chief Accounts Officer of the Chandigarh Housing Board is further directed to afford an opportunity of personal hearing to the office-bearers of the petitioner-society to reconcile the accounts and thereafter to issue a fresh notice demanding due payment, if any. Till then, no coercive steps shall be taken pursuant to the impugned notice. January 27, 2009. [ Surya Kant ] kadyan Judge