JAMMU, Feb 26: Justice Wasim Sadiq Nargal in High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh after hearing a petition filed by Changa Ram questioned Jammu Development Authority for auctioning land allegedly under encroachment, retaining a citizen’s money for more than 15 years without delivering possession and thereafter attempting to penalize the allottee for circumstances created entirely by the failure of bosses of Jammu Dev Authority.
High Court also imposed costs of Rs 50,000 on JDA as Rs 25,000 for misleading the court, recoverable from the responsible officers after inquiry, and Rs 25,000 for unjustified retention of the petitioner’s money and prolonged delay.
High Court allowed the petition and directed JDA to proceed with the allotment process by calculating the sale consideration strictly on the basis of rates prevailing at the time of the original allotment in 2011 rather than present market prices.
Above all, the High Court directed that responsibility for misleading affidavits be fixed upon concerned officers after proper inquiry.
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