Supreme Court of India

Chandigarh Housing Board and Anr. v. Gurmit Singh

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Reported as [2002] 1 S.C.R. 109
Bench V.N. Khare and B.N. Agrawal JJ.
Decided 9 January 2002

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What the Court ordered

For the aforesaid reasons, the judgment and order of the High Court under challenge is set aside.

Judgment, page 9

From the headnote

Chandigarh Housing Board (Allotment, Management and Sale of Tenements) Regulations, 1976-Regulation 6-Expression 'Domicile'­ Connotation-Allotment of flat-Eligibility criteria-Applicant to be domicile of Union Territory or bona fide resident for at least 3 years-Applicant applied • on the premise of being a domicile of Union Territory but did not furnish such certificate-Allotment cancelled-High court set aside the cancellation-On appeal held, applying popular meaning of 'domicile' criteria, flat can be allotted if applicant furnishes domicile certificate-On failure he cannot fall back on the

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