IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Civil Writ Petition No.6960 of 2009 Date of Decision : November 12, 2010. The Janta Primary Co-Op. Consumer's Store Ltd. .....Petitioner versus State of Punjab and another .....Respondents CORAM : HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT. Present : Mr.V.K.Sandhir, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr.H.S.Brar, Additional Advocate General, Punjab. -.- 1. Whether Reporters of Local papers may be allowed to see the judgment? 2. To be referred to the Reporters or not? 3. Whether the judgment should be reported in the Digest? --- Surya Kant, J. (Oral) The petitioner seeks quashing of the order dated 1.6.2006 (Annexure P-6) whereby the rent of the Medical Shop let out to it, has been increased ten times besides, the 15% annual increase also. The respondents have filed their reply-affidavit explaining that the shop in question was let out to the petitioner for a period of 11 months only in the year 1965 and after expiry of the lease period, the petitioner is in unauthorised possession thereof. It is also maintained that the petitioner is running the medical shop, namely, the commercial activities at the costs of the public exchequer. It is also explained that another shop in the same hospital was put to `public auction' and has C.W.P.No .6960 of 2009 2 fetched the monthly rent of Rs.2,65,050/- and the minimum monthly rent fetched by another shop is Rs.91,000/-. Contrary to it, the petitioner is paying a paltry amount of Rs.5000/- per month and that too under the orders of this Court. Having heard learned counsel for the parties at some length and keeping in view the policy decision taken by the respondents, in terms whereof the petitioner is not paying the lease money as per the commercial value of the shop in question, no case to interfere with by this Court in exercise of its writ jurisdiction is made out. Dismissed. The petitioner shall be, however, at liberty to approach the respondents for execution of a fresh lease agreement in terms of the Government Policy/Instructions. Dasti. November 12, 2010 (SURYA KANT) Mohinder JUDGE