Ludhiana, Feb. 17 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court (HC) has directed the Ludhiana police to register FIRs in connection with 159 out of 296 cases involving allegedly undervalued land transactions in Ludhiana East sub-division between 2016 and 2019. The court ordered that the FIRs be registered within three days of receiving its directions.

In the remaining 134 cases, the court ruled that proceedings under Section 47-A of the Stamp Act, relating to determination of deficient stamp duty, must be carried out and completed within four weeks.

The court was informed that three cases stand on a different footing as in one case, no deficiency in stamp duty has been found, while appeals in two other cases have already been filed before the d...