HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH **** CWP No.5571 of 2010 (O&M) Date of Decision: 17.02.2011 **** Harvinder Singh . . . . Petitioner VS. State of Punjab & Ors. . . . . Respondents **** CORAM : HON’BLE MR.JUSTICE SURYA KANT **** 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? **** Present: Ms. JJ Kaur, Advocate for the petitioner Ms. Monica Chhibber Sharma, DAG Punjab Mr. IS Sidhu, Advocate for respondents No.2&3 **** SURYA KANT, J. (ORAL) This order shall dispose of CWP Nos. 5571, 6371, 6463 & 7249 of 2010 as issues involved are common in nature. For brevity, the facts are being extracted from CWP No.5571 of 2010. The petitioner has been allotted Shop No.101 in the New Grain Market at Kartarpur, Jalandhar being the highest bidder in an open auction held by respondent No.2. The petitioner appears to have paid the allotment price but due to occasional delays in the deposit of due instalment(s) and/or otherwise the respondents are insisting for payment of interest as per the agreed terms and conditions. The petitioner has approached this Court seeking direction to the respondents to issue ‘No Due Certificate’ to him without insisting for the interest component. It is CWP No.5571 of 2010.doc - 2 – urged that since the respondents failed to provide basic amenities for a sufficient period, no interest is chargeable. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and on perusal of the record, I am of the considered view that since the petitioner got the shop allotted through a public auction and with open eyes, he cannot absolve himself from the interest liability as per the agreed terms and conditions on the plea of non-availability of the basic amenities. The writ petition is accordingly disposed of with a direction to the respondents to inform the petitioner the exact amount of interest within a period of one month from the date of receipt of a certified copy of this order, which the petitioner may deposit within one month thereafter. The respondents shall issue the requisite ‘No Due Certificate’ to the petitioner within a period of two weeks from the date of receipt of the interest amount to be informed by the respondents. Ordered accordingly. Dasti. 17.02.2011 vishal shonkar (S u r y a K a n t) Judge