IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH C.W.P NO. 2597 OF 2009 DECIDED ON : 18.02.2009 Bhupinder Singh ...Petitioner versus State of Haryana and others ...Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURYA KANT Present : Mr. Sanjiv Gupta, Advocate, for the petitioner. SURYA KANT, J. (ORAL) The petitioner seeks quashing of the orders dated 02.08.2005 and 10.10.2008 (Annexures P-2 and P-3), whereby the appeal and revision petition preferred by the petitioner against resumption of his Plot No.133, Sector- 13-17, Panipat, have been dismissed. The above mentioned plot was allotted to the petitioner on 23.03.1993. It is the petitioner's own admitted case that he failed to pay the installments as per the Schedule, as also the enhanced price of the plot. The Estate Officer, HUDA, Panipat, after following the procedure prescribed under Section 17 (1) (2) of the HUDA's Act, 1977, resumed the plot vide order dated 08.02.1999. The petitioner slept over the matter and appears to have filed an appeal after a period of four years and two months. C.W.P NO. 2597 OF 2009 -2- The Appellate Authority, notwithstanding the delay, considered the petitioner's appeal on merits and has dismissed the same. The petitioner preferred the revision petition before the State Government which has also been dismissed. As the facts would speak for themselves, the petitioner has failed to explain as to why the installments of the enhanced amount of the plot could not be paid over a period of six years. No explanation has come forth for the inordinate delay in filing the appeal. The only inference that can be safely drawn is that after the steep hike in prices of the real estate, that the petitioner became desperate to get the allotment of the subject plot restored. No case to interfere with the impugned orders is made out. Dismissed. FEBRUARY 18, 2009 (SURYA KANT) shalini JUDGE