Patna Court February 2002 Judgments

Mritunjay Kumar Roy Vs. State of Bihar and ors.

Court: Patna

R.S. Garg, J.1. The grievance of the petitioner appears to be that long years back, he had purchased a dream from the Housing Board which is turning out a nightmare as the Housing Board in its turn respecting the assurance in favour of the petitioner did not hand over peaceful, vacant and habitable possession of the flat. After the petitioner had approached this Court a notice was issued to the Housing Board, after receiving the said notice the Housing Board appeared and submitted to this Court that possession of the properly shall be handed over to the petitioner. Some whitewash was done in the premise on the wall and some minor repairs were carried out to provide foundation to submit before this Court that the house was in habitable condition and the Housing Board was ready and willing to give possession of the property. The petitioner thereafter inspected the premises, was shocked and surprised when he learnt that the house was in bad shape. The whole building was occupied by the ...