Chandigarh, May 17 -- In a landmark decision, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has mandated the sale of unsold plots belonging to a Mohali-based builder, directing that the proceeds be used for the development of physical infrastructure in the Sunny Enclave area of Kharar, spread in 350 acre of land.

The order was passed by a bench comprising Justice Sureshwar Thakur and Justice Vikas Suri, on a clutch of petitions from New Sunny Enclave Residents Social Welfare Association, other resident welfare associations (RWAs), and individual allottees. The petitioners had alleged a lack of civic infrastructure development by the developer, Jarnail Singh Bajwa.

According to Sameer Sachdeva, a lawyer involved in the case, thousands of allottees w...