Kuldip Bhatia

Ludhiana, August 12

In a significant development which could have an impact on mushrooming of illegal and unlicensed colonies in the state, the Revenue and Rehabilitation Department has given an undertaking in the Punjab and Haryana High Court that prevailing government instructions (issued on December 12, 2019) with regard to registration of sale deeds of properties without a no objection certificate and irrespective of the status of the colony (legal or illegal), would be kept in abeyance for the time being.

In other words, the department would forthwith stop registration of sale deeds of plots, houses and commercial properties in illegal colonies till the matter was re-examined and a fresh decision taken in light of issues raised in the CWP PIL (Prem Parkash vs state of Punjab).

Disposing of the petition, a Bench of Chief Justice Ravi Shankar Jha and Justice Arun Palli said in the orders pronounced on August 3 that in view of the statement made by Assistant Advocate General, Punjab, the petition was disposed of with a direction to the authorities concerned to consider and decide the petitioner’s representation as expeditiously as possible.