Provided that the Estate Officer may for good and sufficient reasons extend the time for payment of rent upto six months on the whole on further payment of 6 per annum interest from the due date upto the date of actual payment.
The Chandigarh Administration allotted 10.5 acres of land to the Managing Society, Goswami Ganesh Dutt Sanatan Dharam College, Chandigarh The Society , respondent in the appeal herein, by the letter dated June 21, 1975.
In addition to the premium, whether in respect of site or building, the lessee shall pay rent as under Annual rent shall be 2 1/2 of the premium for the first 33 years which may be enhanced by the Chandigarh Administration to 3 3/4 of the premium for the next 33 years and to 5 of the premium for the remaining period of the lease.
The Estate Officer, Chandigarh Administration, on March 15, 1991, directed the Society to pay a sum of Rs.1,74,690/ , the difference between the ground rent already paid by the Society and the one which was payable under the statutory rules.
iii If rent is number paid by the due date, the lessee shall be liable to pay a penalty number exceeding 100 of the amount due which may be imposed and recovered in the manner laid down in section 8 of the capital of Punjab Development and Regulation Act, 1952, as amended by Act No.11 of 1973.
The land was alloted to the society for a period of 99 years at the rate of Rs.10/ per square yard with ground rent at the rate of Rs.100/ per acre per annum.
The allotment to the Society was subject to the provisions of the capital of Punjab Development and Regulation Act, 1952 the Act and the rules framed thereunder.
The Society challenged the numberice by way of a writ petition before the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
The Chandigarh Lease hold of Sites and Buildings Rules, 1973 the rules , framed under the Act were enforced with effect from August 20, 1973.
Writ Petition was allowed by the High Court and the demand numberice was quashed.
This appeal by the Chandigarh Administration is against the judgment of the High Court dated October 22, 1991.
ii Rent shall be payable annually on the due date without any demand from the Estate Officer.
Rule 13 of the rules is as under Rent and Consequences of number payment.
