IMPROVEMENT TRUST, LUDHIANA vs SHAKTI CO-OP. HOUSE BLDG. SOCEITY LTD.

The Supreme Court upheld the dismissal of the Revision Petition No. 705 of 1999 by the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission, affirming that the Ludhiana Improvement Trust was not obligated to allot plots to the respondent Society due to the exemption granted under Section 56 of the Punjab Town Improvement Act, 1922. The Court clarified that the Trust's actions in allotting plots were not legally binding as the Society retained ownership of their land post-exemption. The appeal was dismissed, reinforcing the legal principle that exemption from acquisition negates the Trust's obligation to compensate or allot plots.