CWP.No.17094 of 2011 #1# IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP.No.17094 of 2011 Date of Order: 13.9.2011 Harvinder Singh .....Petitioner Vs. Debt Recovery Tribunal-I, Chandigarh and others .....Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HEMANT GUPTA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASWANT SINGH Present: Mr. Arvind Kashyap, Advocate for the petitioner. HEMANT GUPTA, J (ORAL) Challenge in the present writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution is to the order dated 29.8.2011 (P.11) passed by the Debt Recovery Tribunal, Chandigarh whereby the petitioner was granted one week time to deposit Rs.8 lacs to discharge his liability, failing which status quo order granted on 8.7.2011 will be vacated automatically. Earlier, the petitioner approached this Court by way of writ petition No.5242 of 2011. This Court issued notice of motion as the petitioner made a statement on 23.3.2011 that he is ready to discharge the liability by paying Rs.8.00 lacs and that to show his bonafide, he is prepared to deposit Rs.2.00 lacs on or before 31.3.2011. Petitioner has not deposited Rs.2.00 lacs before 31.3.2011 but filed an application before the Debt Recovery Tribunal against the action of the Bank to take over possession. In the said application, petitioner has not disclosed the statement made before this Court and the interim order passed by this Court on 23.3.2011. Learned Tribunal earlier passed interim order on 8.7.2011 granting status quo. Subsequently, the Bank filed an application for modification of the order of status quo wherein the Tribunal CWP.No.17094 of 2011 #2# modified the earlier order and granted time to the petitioner to deposit Rs.8.00 lacs within one week in terms of the order passed by this Court on 23.3.2011. It may be noticed that the writ petition filed by the petitioner was withdrawn on 8.8.2011. We have heard learned counsel for the petitioner and do not find any merit in the present petition. Petitioner has undertaken before this Court to pay Rs.8.00 lacs and also made statement to deposit Rs.2.00 lacs on or before 31.3.2011. The petitioner has not deposited the said amount before this Court but approached the Debt Recovery Tribunal without disclosing the interim order passed by this Court. When the interim order passed by this Court was brought to the learned Tribunal, this order was modified. It was ordered that the petitioner shall pay Rs.8 lacs in terms of the statement made by learned counsel for the petitioner before this Court. We do not find any illegality in the impugned order dated 29.8.2011 (P.11) passed by the Debt Recovery Tribunal, Chandigarh, which is in terms of earlier statement made before this Court. The petitioner has not deposited a single rupee even for more than five months of undertaking to deposit the amount. Dismissed. ( HEMANT GUPTA ) JUDGE September 13, 2011 ( JASWANT SINGH ) manoj JUDGE