Civil Writ Petition No. 18265 of 2009 1 In the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, at Chandigarh. Civil Writ Petition No. 18265 of 2009 Date of Decision: 30.11.2009 Kuldip Singh …Petitioner Versus State of Punjab and Others …Respondents CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE KANWALJIT SINGH AHLUWALIA. Present: Mr. Harpal Singh Baidwan, Advocate for the petitioner. Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia, J. (Oral) Petitioner had purchased120 kanals of land for a sale consideration of Rs.22,50,000/-. In the sale deed, the land was reflected as Gair Mumkin Pahar. On an audit objection, a notice was issued by the Sub Registrar and thereafter Collector in the proceedings called the report of Patwari. Patwari of the area stated that the land is about 4-5 Kms. away from village Nayagaon and abuts the boundary of Haryana and most of it is Pahar. 16 kanals of land is barani and 104 kanals is Pahari. Collector ignored the site inspection report and held that the same was prepared with grave carelessness. He came to conclusion that 13 kanals 18 marlas of land is barani and 106 kanals 2 marlas was a Gair Mumkin Pahar and thereafter passed the order directing the petitioner to make the deficiency good regarding affixation of stamp. Thus, the finding of the Collector was assailed in the appeal. The Civil Writ Petition No. 18265 of 2009 2 Appellate Authority concurred with the finding of the Collector. There is no patent illegality or perversity in the order. Concurrent finding of facts given by two Authorities below cannot be disturbed by the writ Court. At this stage, counsel for the petitioner states that the Appellate Authority has demanded interest at the rate of 12% which is much higher than the market rate. On this aspect, issue notice of motion. On the asking of the Court, Mr. Anil Kumar Sharma, Additional Advocate General, Punjab, accepts notice on behalf of the respondents. Copy of petition has been supplied to Mr. Sharma. I have heard counsel for the parties. I find merit in the contention of counsel for the petitioner that rate of interest charged is not in consonance with the prevailing market rate. Accordingly, the rate of interest is reduced from 12% to 9% from the date sale deed is registered. Since the controversy involved is in narrow compass, filing of written statement is dispensed with. With the observations made above, the present writ petition is disposed of. (Kanwaljit Singh Ahluwalia) Judge November 30, 2009 “DK”