HC flays Haryana urban planning body for cancelling plot allotments in Gurgaon, imposes cost of Rs 5 lakh
The Punjab and Haryana High Court recently took exception to the conduct of the Haryana Shehri Vikas Pradhikaran (HSVP) for cancelling guaranteed plot allotments made in Sector 62, Gurgaon.
A bench of Justices Sureshwar Thakur and Vikram Aggarwal ordered the urban planning body to put the allotment in effect within two weeks, and imposed a cost of Rs 5 lakh on it. The judgment pronounced on March 28 was made available on Sunday.
The judgment made it clear that the HSVP could not “on a prima facie flimsy pretext, evade the constitutional assurance meted to the promisees”.
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The verdict came on a plea by five petitioners who had moved the court after not getting their allotments despite being successful in e-auctions for the construction of ‘doubl...