CWP No.16793 of 2008 1 IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATES OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH. CWP No.16793 of 2008 Date of decision: 22.9.2008 Sukhwinder Pal Singh ..Petitioner Versus The State of Punjab & others ...Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAJAN GUPTA Present: Mr. R.K. Arora, Advocate, for the petitioner. Ashutosh Mohunta, J. (oral) The petitioner, who is working as a Pharmacist in Police Hospital, Police Recruits Training Centre, Jahan Khelan, District Hoshiarpur, has prayed that direction be issued to the respondents to release payment of house rent allowance w.e.f. 8th August, 2007. A perusal of Annexure P-11 shows that the petitioner has been allotted Government accommodation i.e. Quarter No.15, New N.G.O. Colony Jahan Khelan, as trainees of the centre requires medical help any time. The petitioner has been living at a distance of more than 7 K.Ms from the centre. Hence, he has been asked to shift his residence to the above quarter. In view of the fact that the petitioner has been allotted Government accommodation, he is not entitled to any house rent. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the house allotted to the petitioner does not have any basic amenities like water CWP No.16793 of 2008 2 supply, electricity, sewerage etc. If that be, the competent authorities are directed to provide the basic amenities. In any case, the petitioner will move to the duly allocated official quarter within a period of two weeks from today. No merit. Dismissed. (ASHUTOSH MOHUNTA) JUDGE (RAJAN GUPTA) JUDGE September 22, 2008 'rajpal'