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Chandigarh, September 7

Just over a month after the UT Administration was rapped for skirting the “vital issue” regarding the sale of independent floors in the city before directing the holding of a fact-finding exercise, the Supreme Court has ordered the authorities to submit a report before the Punjab and Haryana High Court within a week. The High Court was also asked to proceed with the hearing of the petition on the issue after taking into account the report and hearing the parties. “The High Court is requested to adjudicate the dispute in the writ petition at the earliest, preferably within two weeks from today,” the Supreme Court added.

The apex court Bench of Justice L Nageswara Rao, Justice BR Gavai and Justice BV Nagarathna asserted that the direction issued by the High Court on conducting a physical survey of the properties, to be identified by the Estate Officer with transfer of shares, was stayed. The order was passed on August 9 while observing that the pendency of the special leave petition would not deter the High Court from continuing the hearing of the writ petition.

Issuing the directions, the Bench added that it was informed that the survey had been completed and the authorities had to submit the report on its basis to the High Court.

The High Court Bench of Justice Tejinder Singh Dhindsa and Justice Vivek Puri had earlier scanned newspaper advertisements to find out whether floor-wise sale of dwelling units was contemplated. Finding no less than two dozen such advertisements in the Sunday edition of newspapers, the Bench had not only rapped the UT Administration, but also directed the holding of the exercise under the UT Chief Architect’s supervision.

The Bench had observed that it thought of scanning the advertisements as the court was seized of the matter and discovered 24 advertisements in the Sunday edition “scouting for purchasers /investors for separate floors/independent floors”.