CWP No.14579 of 2007 -: 1 :- IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CWP No.14579 of 2007 (O&M) Date of decision: January 29, 2009. Harvinder Singh ...Petitioner(s) v. State of Punjab & Anr. ...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: Mrs. Jatinder Jit Kaur, Advocate for the petitioner. Shri G.S. Attariwala, Additional Advocate General, Punjab. Shri Sanjeev Sharma, Advocate for respondent NO.2. ORDER Surya Kant, J. - (Oral): This order shall dispose of CWP No.14579,14821, 14838 and 15043 of 2007 as common questions of law and facts are involved in these cases. For brevity, the facts are being taken from CWP No.14579 of 2007. The petitioner, who is allottee of shop bearing No.100 in the New Grain Market at Kartarpur, district Jalandhar, seeks a direction to command the respondents to provide basic amenities/facilities, like roads, CWP No.14579 of 2007 -: 2 :- sewerage, water supply and electricity connection, etc. to the allottees of New Grain Market at Kartarpur. He further seeks a direction to the respondents not to charge interest and penal interest from the petitioner until all the amenities are provided. Notice of motion was issued and in response thereto, counter affidavit/rejoinder, etc. have been filed. Thereafter, an additional affidavit has also been filed by the petitioner, along with certain photographs, which is taken on record. Learned Counsel for the parties have been heard at some length and documents/affidavits etc. have been perused. The controversy, as it transpires from the material on record, is now confined to the non-supply of water and sewerage connection to the allottees. Learned Counsel for the Respondent-Mandi Board submits that all the effective steps for provision of water supply as well as connectivity of sewerage have been taken and there is every likelihood that within two weeks, both the facilities shall be provided to the allottees, like the petitioner. Learned Counsel for the Petitioner submits, and rightly so, that as per the terms and conditions of the allotment, the petitioner is entitled for a period of two years for construction of the shop from the date the basic amenities are made available to him. In the light of the above noted undisputed facts, these writ petitions are disposed of with a direction to the respondents to provide water supply as well as sewerage connectivity as early as possible and preferably within a period of four weeks. It is made clear that the petitioner shall be entitled to the construction period of two years from the date all the CWP No.14579 of 2007 -: 3 :- basic amenities are provided to him. However, in case the petitioner fails to raise construction within the stipulated period, in that event, the respondents shall be entitled to impose penal interest and/or non-construction charges, as may be permissible as per the terms and conditions of the allotment/rules/bye-laws. Disposed of. January 29, 2009. [ Surya Kant ] kadyan Judge