CWP No. 1638 of 1990 1 IN THE PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT AT CHANDIGARH CWP No. 1638 of 1990 (O&M) Date of Decision: 05.04.2011 Yashwant Lal and others ...Petitioners Versus Housing Board Haryana and another ..Respondents CORAM: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Rajesh Bindal Present: Mr. Ravinder Malik, Advocate for the petitioners. None for the respondents. ..... RAJESH BINDAL, J. Prayer in the present writ petition filed by the petitioners is for direction to the respondents for charging the price of the houses built by Housing Board at the rates mentioned in the advertisement and not what was demanded at the time of allotment at a higher rate. Learned counsel for the petitioners submitted that the petitioners are the persons belonging to lower income group. In the advertisement it was mentioned that the rates of the L.I.G. house will be ` 30,000/-. However, when the allotment letter was issued, the rate was enhanced to ` 42,200/- without any justification. Heard learned counsel for the petitioners. No one has appeared for Housing Board, Haryana. A perusal of the brochure (Annexure P-1) issued by the Housing Board in the year 1986 shows that the rates for various categories of houses were mentioned as tentative cost. Notes have been put in the advertisement that the cost of the houses was tentative and the Board reserves its right to increase the price. In the present case, the allotment letter was issued in August, 1989. One of the allotment letter dated 11.08.1989 issued in favour of Uttam Singh has been placed on record as Annexure P-2, in which it is clearly mentioned that the price of house was ` CWP No. 1638 of 1990 2 42,200/-. The aforesaid allotment was accepted by the petitioners and even possession of the house was taken. Later on, a dispute has been sought to be raised regarding price of the house. The price of the house had been fixed in the allotment letter issued in favour of the petitioners. The petitioners had the option to refuse to accept the allotment if they were not satisfied with the price mentioned in the letter. Allotment could be accepted subject to rate and terms & conditions mentioned in the letter of allotment. For the reasons mentioned above, I do not find any merit in the petition, the same is dismissed. (RAJESH BINDAL) JUDGE 05.04.2011 sharmila