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1984 riots cases: Badal-led delegation meets Pranab
Attack on Guruharsahai MLA |
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Directions on notebooks revoked, govt tells HC
Zila
Parishad and Panchayat Samiti Elections
Malout
Fatehgarh
Sahib
Patiala
Muktsar
Succession row: Namdhari Sangat to protest on May 15
Moga Jan Aushadhi store flouts norms
Synthetic drugs making their way into region
Six-laning of Beas to Kartarpur stretch soon
Director’s effigy burnt
Ludhiana chemists to go on strike on May 10
Liquor firm’s licence cancelled
Teachers will have to spend 5 hrs in college daily
Delimitation widely publicised, HC told
Ex-MLA’s murder case: Canadian citizen acquitted
Revisional Authority rapped for passing illegal order
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1984 riots cases: Badal-led delegation meets Pranab
New Delhi, May 8 Nirpreet Kaur had been on a fast at Jantar Mantar since the past six days to protest against the acquittal of Congress leader Sajjan Kumar by a District Sessions Court in a 1984 riots case. Badal and Sukhbir went to Jantar Mantar to meet Nirpreet Kaur after meeting the President, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde. Addressing a gathering, they said representatives of all political parties, except the Congress, had accompanied them to meet the President on the issue. Badal asked the DSGMC and the SGPC to approach the Supreme Court, seeking that the Centre be directed to form a special investigating team (SIT) to look into the 1984 riots. The delegation was led by Parkash Singh Badal. The latter briefed the President about the details of the case and the “injustice” done to the Sikh community. The delegation sought the President’s intervention in directing the Central Government to order a Supreme Court-monitored special investigating team (SIT) to probe the attack on Sikhs after the assassination of Indira Gandhi. It pleaded that the investigation should be completed within a given time. The delegation said that the CBI should challenge the verdict on Sajjan Kumar’s acquittal in the High Court and file a charge sheet in another case registered with the Nangloi police station. It said that investigations against Congress leader Jagdish Tytler be expedited. Leaders of the BJP and the SAD along with those of the Shiv Sena, Samajwadi Party, TDP, JMM, INLD, BJD and the JD-U handed over a memorandum to the President.
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Attack on Guruharsahai MLA
Ferozepur, May 8 They blocked the Ferozepur-Fazilka road for hours together. Addressing the protesters, Jakhar asked the state government to immediately arrest the Akali leaders involved in the incident, including those who had threatened MLA Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi that he would be eliminated. Jakhar warned that if the police failed to register an FIR and arrest the culprits, he and Rana Sodhi would court arrest as a mark of protest. Jakhar said keeping in view the deteriorating law and order situation in the state, it was time that Badal Senior (CM Parkash Singh Badal) intervened and reined in his party workers. Rana Sodhi said the state government should ensure his safety as he faced a serious threat to his life at the hands of Akali henchmen. He said the protest would continue till those behind yesterday’s violence were taken to task. Among those who participated in the protest were Congress MLAs Karan Brar, Parminder Singh Pinki, Joginder Singh, Bharat Bhushan Ashoo, Amarinder Singh “Raja Waring”, Ajaib Singh Bhatti and Rakesh Pandey and senior leaders Hans Raj Jossan, Kushaldeep Dhillon, Avtar Singh Brar,Gurchet Singh Bhullar, Sukhwinder Singh Danny and Mohinder Rinwa. Later, a Congress delegation met the Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Ferozepur, and asked him to book the Akali leaders.
Mann denies charges
Akali leader Vardev Singh Mann said the charges levelled by Rana Sodhi were baseless. Mann said the Congress was running away from the Zila Parishad and Panchayat Samiti elections and ,hence, resorting to such gimmicks. “The Congress can get the incident probed by any agency, if they are not satisfied with a police inquiry,” Mann said. He claimed that Returning Officer Manjit Singh, the Deputy Superintendent of Police and the Station House Officer were at the spot at the time of the incident but none had heard a hot being fired.
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Directions on notebooks revoked, govt tells HC
Chandigarh, May 8 The assertion came as a PIL filed by a retired headmaster OP Goyal came up for resumed hearing. He was seeking a direction to the Punjab Government to revoke the order dated August 30, 2012, issued by the Director, Education Department (Secondary Education) approving practical notebooks of printers/publishers, including JR Printing Press, Nabha Gate, Sangrur. It has been stated in the affidavit that instructions have been issued by the Director, Public Instructions (Secondary Education), to all circle and district education officers by the Director, Education Department (Secondary Education), to allow students to purchase the notebooks of their choice from the market as per the syllabus prescribed.
Status report on schools sans toilets sought
The Punjab and Haryana High Court today directed the Punjab Government to submit a status report on government schools without lavatories. The directions came during the resumed hearing of a petition filed in public interest by advocate HC Arora. In the petition, Arora has sought directions to the Punjab Government to demolish and reconstruct unsafe portions of government school buildings in Ludhiana district. As the petition came up before the Bench of Acting Chief Justice Jasbir Singh and Justice Rakesh Kumar Jain, the petitioner referred to a survey conducted by the Punjab Education Department. He said hundreds of government schools in Punjab did not have the facility. The petitioner contended that girl-students in particular could not study in such schools. Surprised at the disclosure, the Bench directed the government to submit a status report along with the particulars of schools without the facility.
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Zila
Parishad and Panchayat Samiti Elections
Chandigarh, May 8 Sources said the morale of SAD cadre was high as the party was likely to perform well in the zila parishad and panchayat samiti elections. No wonder, there was a scramble for the party nomination. Senior Akali leaders have ensured that their kith and kin get due space in the panchayati raj set-up. Top such contenders include Education Minister Sikandar Singh Maluka’s son Gurpreet Singh, who is contesting from Bhagta zone in Bathinda district. This zone was reserved for a Scheduled Caste candidate as per the notification issued on April 22. But, later it was re-notified as a general seat. PWD Minister Sharanjit Singh Dhillon’s nephew Jashandeep Singh is contesting from the Tallawal parishad zone in Barnala district. Finance Minister Parminder Dhindsa’s relative Gurcharan Kaur is contesting from Budrakhan parishad zone in Sangrur district. Other prominent kin in the fray include Yuvraj Bhupinder Singh, son-in-law of former SGPC president Bibi Jagir Kaur. He is contesting from Nangal Lobana block in Kapurthala district. Chief Parliamentary Secretary Mantar Singh Brar’s brother Kultar Brar is a candidate from Bara Darakha in Faridkot district. Kin of legislators in the fray include Akali MLA Darshan Singh Shiwalik’s son Harpreet Singh, who is a candidate from the Baddowal reserved seat in Ludhiana district. SAD Malout MLA Harpreet Singh’s wife Avneet Kaur is contesting from the Malout zone in Muktsar. SAD Mansa MLA Chetan Singh Samao’s son Malkit Singh is contesting from Budhlada parishad zone in Mansa. In Ferozepur, Zira MLA Hari Singh Zira’s personal assistant Lakhwinder Singh is contesting the Shahwala parishad zone seat. Other prominent candidates include Lakhbir Kaur, daughter-in-law of Akal Takht Jathedar Giani Gurbachan Singh. She is contesting from the Harike Kalan seat in Muktsar. SAD president Sukhbir Badal’s Jaito loyalist Yadwinder Singh’s sister-in-law is contesting from a seat in Barnala district. Besides Akali leaders, Gurdial Mann, brother of Patiala SSP Hardyal Singh Mann, is contesting from Thikriwala zone in Barnala district. On the other hand, relatives of Congress leaders are by and large keeping away from these elections. Sources said since the elections were seen weighed in favour of the Akalis, Congress leaders had not pushed their relatives into the fray. Party spokesperson Sukhpal Singh Khaira said: “It appears relatives of politicians enter the fray only when the chances of winning are maximum”.
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Malout
Muktsar, May 8 The consignment reportedly belonged to Shiv Lal Doda ‘Sholly’, a liquor contractor of Abohar who had unsuccessfully contested the assembly elections as an Independent candidate. He had later joined the SAD and was appointed Abohar constituency in-charge. Sources said he owned a few liquor distilleries. Ferozepur Deputy Excise and Taxation Commissioner Jaspal Garg said, “The seized vehicle and liquor belonged to Sholly group. Our officials had got a tip-off that a canter loaded with liquor was being illegally sent to Tapa Mandi in Barnala district from Abohar.” Senior Superintendent of Police Surjeet Singh said a case had been registered and the canter driver, Krishan, had been arrested. Yesterday, the excise officials had cancelled the licence of a local wholesale liquor firm, Unique Wine Developers Private Limited, after its owners (a few influential Akalis) failed to give any satisfactory reply about the seizure of 700 boxes of beer from Bathinda on Friday. They had also reportedly failed to maintain their sale and stock register and the officials had also found large-scale discrepancies in their stock. Similarly, a seizure of 70,000 boxes of illegal liquor was made by the excise officials in Ludhiana a few days ago, which reportedly belonged to Gaurav Malhotra, son of SAD MLA from Faridkot Deep Malhotra. He had allegedly taken a godown on rent and kept the boxes there illegally.
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Fatehgarh Sahib
Fatehgarh Sahib, May 8 Under the poll arrangement, Harkit Singh Bhaddi and Ranjit Singh Bhola of the PPP would contest the elections from Dhanola and Salana Dulla Singh (General) seats, respectively. Harkit is a former SAD leader who had switched over to the PPP. Both these leaders filed their nomination papers yesterday and the Congress did not field its candidates against them. Similarly, the PPP has fielded six candidates from Khamano panchayat samiti. The Congress is not contesting here too. Political observers believe the Congress-PPP pact could dent the SAD prospects. PPP vice-president Sarvjit Singh Makhan claimed with the Congress backing, their candidates had good prospects of winning. Congress’ district president Harinder Singh Bhambri said he had received directions from the party high command for working out an arrangement with the PPP and other “like-minded” parties for fielding common candidates. He said this had been done to counter the ruling SAD, which had “looted the state people by imposing heavy taxes”. Local MLA Kuljeet Singh Nagra (Congress) said he was confident that the decision would benefit both the Congress and the PPP.
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Patiala
Patiala, May 8 The Congress had earlier objected to Harnek Singh Mukhmailpur’s posting at the election office after the process for filing of nominations had begun on May 3. They had alleged that Harnek Singh was passing election-related information to SAD candidates. Posted in Ghanaur as Naib Tehsildar for the past quite some time, Harnek Singh was appointed the assistant returning officer by the Patiala Deputy Commissioner. Congress MLA from Samana Brahm Mohindra said the act amounted to the “murder of democracy” as Harnek Singh, brother of the SAD MLA’s husband, had been given powers to scrutinise nominations and assist the returning officer. “Harnek Singh enjoys access to all documents and personal details submitted by Congress candidates in Ghanaur. He has been misusing his authority,” he said. Punjab Congress president Partap Singh Bajwa said the Patiala Deputy Commissioner, GK Singh, was “actively playing into the hands of his political masters and trying his best to impress them with biased approach”. “The SAD leaders are hell bent on winning elections and the posting of a relative as an assistant returning officer is a clear example of its misdeeds,” he said. When contacted, GK Singh rubbished the allegations of bias. “We have shifted him to the district headquarters and relieved him of the election duty,” he said. Asked Harnek Singh could have played a biased role while on duty, GK Singh said “that was not possible as all his work was being supervised by a senior officer”.
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Muktsar
After the scrutiny of nomination papers today, 12 of the total 32 candidates left in the race are illiterate, two are Class V pass-outs, one has studied till Class VIII, four are matriculate, one has done Class XI while seven have completed their Class XII. Four are graduates and only one is a post-graduate. The CPI tops the chart with five illiterate candidates, the SAD has three, the Congress two and the CPM one. The lone PPP candidate contesting in the district too falls in this category. In the total 12 zones of the district, three graduate candidates belong to the SAD while two are of the Congress. The candidate with highest academic qualification is Avneet Kaur, wife of Malout MLA Harpreet Singh, an alumna of Punjabi University, Patiala. She has done MA in English and M.Phil. She is a SAD candidate from Malout village zone and is set to win unopposed as nobody has filed nominations against her. Preetinder Singh of the SAD, contesting from Bhagsar zone, is a lawyer. The remaining three graduates are Atma Singh (Congress), contesting from Bhuttiwala zone; Nirmal Singh (SAD), contesting from Midda zone and Sharanjit Singh (Congress), contesting from Bhagsar zone. The election authorities said there was no academic qualification required for contesting these elections.
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Polldigest
Muktsar: Congress Gidderbaha MLA Amarinder Singh ‘Raja’ Warring has lodged a complaint with the district administration and spoke to the election observer alleging that the panchayat samiti candidate of the ruling SAD from Guri Sanghar zone and her husband had two votes each in different villages. He demanded a criminal case be registered against them. While showing the voter lists with photographs of Guri Sanghar and Mallan villages, Raja said: “SAD candidate Gurvinder Kaur and her husband Jagtar Singh had votes in both the villages. A case of forgery must be registered against them”. — TNS
EC appoints 30
observers
Chandigarh: The State Election Commission on Wednesday appointed 30 poll observers. An official spokesperson said the appointees are: HS Pabla (SBS Nagar); RK Kaushik and SS Khara (Patiala); Anupam Kaler, Baldev Singh and Babita (Jalandhar); Chander Gaind (Amritsar); Dharampal and Sameer Kumar (Ludhiana); Avtar Chand Sharma (Tarn Taran); Sumeet Jarangal (Rupnagar); Adapa Karthik (Kapurthala); Kiran Rosy (Gurdaspur); Daljit Singh (Pathankot); Pushpinder Singh Kailay and Rakesh Kumar Popli (Hoshiarpur); HS Kandhola (Ajitgarh); Navjotpal Singh Randhawa and Amit Talwar (Sangrur); Parminderpal Singh (Barnala); Hargunjit Kaur and Kamal Kumar (Fatehgarh Sahib); Amandeep Singh Bhatti (Ferozepur); Rajat Oberoi (Fazilka); Kanwalpreet Brar (Muktsar); Harbhupinder Singh and Kairandeep Singh Bhullar (Moga); Dilraj Singh (Mansa) and Balraj Singh Sekhon (Bathinda). — TNS
Expenditure limit for elections In these elections, a zila parishad candidate can spend a maximum of Rs 1.56 lakh whereas the limit for a panchayat samiti nominee is Rs 65,000. In village panchayat elections, a candidate for sarpanch’s post can spend a maximum Rs 23,500 whereas Rs 16,000 is the limit for nominees contesting for the post of a panch.
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37% booths declared sensitive in Sangrur
Sangrur, May 8 There are 599 village panchayats in the district. In all, 21 zila parishad members, apart from members to 10 panchayat samitis, would be elected. As many as 3,681 police personnel would be manning security on the polling day. The maximum sensitive booths (40) are in Bhawanigarh while the most hypersensitive booths (28) are in Sunam. Sixtythree non-gazetted officers, 568 head constables, 695 constables and 516 special police officers would be deputed on the polling day.
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Succession row: Namdhari Sangat to protest on May 15
Ludhiana, May 8 The group announced at a press conference today that it would hold a peaceful protest at Katani Morh, 2 km from Bhaini Sahib, on May 15 under the banner of the International Namdhari Sangat. The protest has the potential of turning into a group clash. Navtej Singh, president of the International Namdhari Sangat, said: "It has become necessary to hold such protests to unite the sect." He alleged that the group led by Thakur Uday Singh had begun to selectively deny entry to devotees associated with the International Namdhari Sangat. "It has been a tradition with the devotees to fetch holy water from traditional wells, which exist at Bhaini Sahib. The water is kept in a pot during Akhand Path. "Recently, a resident of Jalandhar, who is a supporter of Thakur Dalip Singh, was denied permission for the same. The devotees have no option but to stage a protest." Navtej Singh said the protesters would recite hymns. “Mata Chand Kaur, Thakur Uday Singh and Sant Jagtar Singh should listen to our grievances to keep the sect united." When contacted, Surinder Singh, Bhaini Sahib manager, refuted the allegations. "The International Namdhari Sangat, comprising a handful of people with no mass base, is defaming us," he said, adding that all members of the sect should abide by the decisions of Mata Chand
Kaur.
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Moga Jan Aushadhi store flouts norms
Moga, May 8 No audit of the store has been done for the past over two years. The store staff, a pharmacist and a salesman, were reportedly not providing statements of sales and purchases of medicines for conducting an audit of accounts. Arshdeep Singh Thind, District Magistrate-cum-chairman of the District Red Cross Society, said he would be able to comment only after talking to the authorities concerned. Raji P Shrivastava, Managing Director, Punjab Health Systems Corporation had ordered an inquiry into the functioning of the store. The nodal officer who conducted the probe said unapproved drugs were being sold to patients without a receipt.
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Synthetic drugs making their way into region
Chandigarh, May 8 Highly placed sources in the department said leads to trace the possible source of the drug supply chain was likely to end in Rajasthan that was home to a wide variety of the cacti family (peyote), the main source for manufacturing the intoxicant. Accused Simranjit Kaur’s brother and nephew are already in jail under the NDPS Act. Mescaline is dearer than even morphine and drugs derived from opium that cost between Rs 1,200 and Rs 1,600 per gm. Mescaline is said to cost about Rs 2,000 per gm. Traditional supply chain choked, the recovery of mescaline shows that alternative drugs are making their way into the region. The unearthing of a factory in Samrala last year that manufactured Ice, a synthetic drug, amply indicates this. Senior Superintendent of Police, Patiala, Hardayal Mann, said: “Noticing a certain difference in the texture of the drug recovered fron near the Urban Estate, we went in for chemical analysis. Tests confirmed the powder was mescaline.” Mann said it was too early to say anything on the supply chain. “Our team is following all links, including those outside Punjab.” A senior officer said the authorities were aware that high returns were luring policemen into the drug trade. “We are working on certain important leads.”
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Six-laning of Beas to Kartarpur stretch soon
Amritsar, May 8 Sidhu’s Amritsar office today released a copy of the letter received by
the MP from the Union Road Transport Minister, CP Joshi. While raising the matter of this 17-km stretch with the ministry, Sidhu had stated that it was “turning into a death trap and had already claimed several lives”.
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Attempt to murder charges slapped on SLIET students, protest on
Longowal (Sangrur), May 8 The students have been booked under Sections 307 (attempt to murder), 353 (using criminal force to deter a public servant from discharging his duty), 186, 427, 148 (rioting, armed with deadly weapon) and 149 (unlawful assembly of people guilty of committing an offence in prosecution of a common object) of the IPC. Mandip Singh Sidhu, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Sangrur, said the police had sufficient evidence against the students involved in rioting and damaging public
property on the SLIET campus. “However, if good sense prevailed among students, the police would not
initiate any stern action. We do not want to spoil their career,” he said Though all demands of the students, but one, have been met, they are insistent on getting the SLIET Director Sunil Pandey removed. For three days, hundreds of students, including a large number of girls, have been on a dharna near the Director’s residence. A group of 20 boys and 20 girls have been on an indefinite fast since yesterday. The situation is tense with over 400 police personnel deployed on the campus. Meanwhile, the SLIET authorities have postponed the semester examinations for an indefinite period. These were scheduled to commence from tomorrow. The new dates will be announced soon. Professor AS Dhaliwal, Officiating Registrar of the SLIET, today said the Director, who is not on campus, was being updated with the developments on campus. Prof Dhaliwal, however, refused to disclose his whereabouts. He said they were also in touch with the SLIET Board of Directors for holding a meeting on the issue soon. Prof Dhaliwal said the SLIET Entrance Test, which is to be held on May 25, was likely to be held on schedule. He said property worth several crore rupees was damaged on Monday. A mob of several hundred students had gone on
the rampage after Pandey refused to hear their grievances.
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Director’s effigy burnt
Sangrur, May 8 PSU state president Gurmukh Singh Mann and NBS state general secretary Bhupinder Longowal alleged that SLIET students felt helpless on account of the “dictatorial’ attitude of the Director. The SLIET management also had not been paying heed to their demands for a long time, they added. They threatened the government of launching a statewide agitation soon if the Director was not removed. — TNS
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Ludhiana chemists to go on strike on May 10
Ludhiana, May 8 GS Chawla, general secretary, and Tikka Dalip Singh, president of the Ludhiana Distict Chemists Association, said, “We are approaching all chemists to join the strike.” Chawla said, “We know that the strike will affect patients, which is why we appeal to everyone concerned to buy medicines well in advance, so that none may suffer on the day of the strike. In case there is any emergency, we will make arrangements.” Amandeep Ahuja, president of Ludhiana District Retail Chemists Association, said, “According to the new Drug Price Control Policy, the retail profit margin for retail pharmacists has been decreased by 4 per cent. We demand that the profit for us should remain the same.” Chawla said, “The Drug and Cosmetics Act - 2008 should be amended so that chemists are no longer responsible if a drug sample fails or a company comes out with a spurious salt. In such cases, the onus should be on the manufacturers.” He said more drug licences should be issued and police intervention should be checked.
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Liquor firm’s licence cancelled
Muktsar, May 8 He, however, added, “The owners of Unique Wine may now file an appeal before the higher authorities in this regard.” The pick-up vehicle of Unique Wine owners was seized at Bathinda with nearly 700 boxes of beer on Friday. These wer reportedly being transported to Patiala. The owners had at that time failed to produce the documents before the excise officials and an FIR was lodged.
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Teachers will have to spend 5 hrs in college daily
Ludhiana, May 8 If the teachers are found absent (for one or two periods) during surprise checks, they will be marked absent and departmental action will be taken against them, warned Sikander Singh Maluka, Education Minister, Punjab. Maluka also said a budget of Rs 82 crore had been sanctioned by the state government for maintenance and renovation of all the colleges in Punjab. Ravneet Kaur, Principal Secretary, Education, said teachers needed to spend quality time with students and work on developing skills of their students. Ravneet Kaur was here at SCD Government College today as chief guest during the college annual function. On the lists sent by the DPI (Colleges), Ravneet Kaur said that Professor’s grade would be sanctioned as per the government’s rules. Ravneet said 90 per cent of the financial grant to build upcoming community colleges at Bathinda, Jalandhar, Ludhiana and Patiala would be provided by the Central Government and the remaining 10 per cent would be funded by the state government. She said that several new courses would be introduced for the welfare of the students in these colleges. The Principal Secretary also said that the department would ensure that none of the courses were abolished on account of non-recruitment of regular teachers. The move to ensure that teachers spend five-and-a- half-hours in colleges has always been opposed by teachers.
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Delimitation widely publicised, HC told
Chandigarh, May 8 In an affidavit filed before the Punjab and Haryana High Court today, the Government claimed “there was enough publicity about the process of wardbandi”. Elaborating, the affidavit said: “Though there was no statutory requirement to do so, different Deputy Commissioners had issued press releases on the ongoing process of wardbandi, which were published in newspapers.” The affidavit came just about a week after the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee dug into the past to say it had the locus standi to move the High Court for quashing the entire process of wardbandi or delimitation for the panchayat elections.
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Ex-MLA’s murder case: Canadian citizen acquitted
Moga, May 8 While agreeing to the defence counsel Ramesh Grover, the judge rejected fresh evidence produced in the supplementary challans and relied upon orders of the Supreme Court to exonerate Jagdev of murder charges. Grover claimed that investigations were influenced upon by Paramdip Gill after he assumed the office of DGP to produce fresh evidences even as the apex court acquitted all his family members. After the judgment, Jagdev alleged former DGP Gill had misused his power to implicate him in false cases. The local police acted like a private force, he alleged. Nachattar Singh Gill was allegedly killed by terrorists on September 29, 1991 at his house in Moga. A case was registered against two persons. During investigations, the names of Gurjit Singh and Chamkaur Singh were included as accused. Gurjit was killed in a police encounter while Chamkaur, still a proclaimed offender, is said to have been killed in a fake encounter.
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Revisional Authority rapped for passing illegal order
Chandigarh, May 8 The Bench of Justice Surya Kant and Justice RP Nagrath also reversed an order passed by the authority, while taking up a petition filed by the Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA) against the State of Punjab and another respondent. In its petition, GMADA had challenged an order dated July 5, 2011, passed by the Special Secretary-cum-Revisional Authority, whereby the resumption of a plot in Mohali Phase IX was set aside and allotment restored. The resumption was ordered on the ground of non-payment of installments. The plot, measuring 100 square yards, was allotted in February 1997 in an open auction. Since the allottee failed to pay all four installments, a show cause notice was served. In the absence of a response, order dated July 4, 2002, was passed, whereby the plot was resumed. Subsequently, one Raj Kumar, claiming to be attorney of the allottee stepped in; and an appeal was filed purportedly by the allottee through him. The Appellate Authority dismissed the appeal in April 2007. Then came another special power of attorney holder Amarinder Singh. The allottee, through him, filed a revision petition. He claimed that the balance amount had been deposited. Taking up the matter, the Revisional Authority took note of the fact that the allotment was cancelled only on the ground of non-payment. Since the allottee had “made the payments with the GMADA”, the revision petition was accepted. Another reason which found favour with the Revisional Authority was that the resumption order was passed ex-parte and opportunity of hearing was not afforded to the allottee. Taking up the matter, the Bench asserted: “The order dated July 5, 2011, passed by the Revisional Authority is totally perverse, contrary to the record, illegal and wholly unwarranted…. It is quite unfortunate that the Revisional Authority chose to overlook these material facts and made a casual observation as if the action of resumption was taken behind the back of the allottee… “Both the power of attorney holders are apparently real estate dealers, who in collusion and connivance with the staff of the petitioner, came to know about the resumed plot and secured some documents from the original allottee, who had already lost the allotment….” Upholding the resumption order, the Bench added the plot may be re-allotted to the original allottee, if he comes forward, “on payment of price to be determined on the basis of open auction held for a similarly located plot in 2011”.
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Muktsar, May 8
