Chandigarh, May 4 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court on Saturday disposed of a petition filed by 109 residents of Janta Colony, directing the Chandigarh Housing Board (CHB) to consider their representation regarding rehabilitation. The residents had challenged a notice issued by the UT administration on Thursday that instructed them to vacate their premises "within a week" of its issuance.

Janta Colony, located in Sector 25, is the last remaining slum in the city. The petition, presented before the bench of Justice Sudhir Singh and Justice Alok Jain, contested the residents' impending eviction, brought before the court in response to a notice demanding they vacate their dwellings at their own expense. The petitioners also sought the qu...