JUDGEMENT
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(1.) This order shall dispose of aforementioned three applications,
whereby the applicant-petitioner(s) have sought review of the judgment
passed by this Court on 06.02.2012 on the following grounds:
(i) That the petitioner has challenged legality and validity of
Rule 9 & 9(A) of the Chandigarh Sale of (Site &
Building) Rules, 1960 and Rule 17 of Lease Hold of Sites
and Building Rules, 1973 but in the order, it has been
mentioned that there is no challenge to such Rules. It is
submitted that such Rules give unguided & unbriddled
power without any legislative control of the minimum and
maximum limits of fee chargeable in exercise of powers
conferred under Section 22 (2) (c) & (f) of the Capital of
Punjab (Development and Regulation) Act, 1952.
(ii) That the penalty imposed is ultra vires of Section 13 of the
Capital of Punjab (Development & Regulation) Act, 1952
and Sections 347 & 388 and Schedule III of the Punjab
Municipal Corporation Act, 1976 (as extended to
Chandigarh).
(iii) That the extension fee claimed from the petitioner is dehors the Rules and, thus, not sustainable.
(iv) That this Court has not examined the levy of conversion
charges in respect of first and second floors of the sites in
question and that the conversion charges are
discriminatory, as different rates are prescribed for the
buildings located within the lal dora than the buildings
located outside the lal dora, such as the property of the
petitioner.
(2.) We do not find any merit in any of the arguments raised by the
learned counsel for the applicant-petitioner except to correct inadvertant
mistake at page 17 of the order. In fact, the present order be read in
continuation of earlier order passed by this Court on 06.02.2012.
(3.) The argument that Rule 9 & 9(A) of the Chandigarh Sale of
(Site & Building) Rules, 1960 and Rule 17 of Lease Hold of Sites and
Building Rules, 1973 have been challenged, but it has been wrongly
recorded in the order dated 06.02.2012 that there is no challenge to such
Rules. We find that such fact recorded therein is on account of
inadvertant mistake. Therefore, the words "...We may record that there is
no challenge to the framing of Rule 9 restricting the use of a building in
a particular manner or Section 4 of the Act, empowering the Chief
Administrator to issue directions in respect of use of the site..." appearing
at page No.17 of the order requires to be deleted. Ordered accordingly.;
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