Chandigarh, Sept. 16 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court has directed the chief administrator, Greater Mohali Area Development Authority (GMADA), to file his own affidavit within one week detailing in how many cases in five years the agency sought an undertaking from a plot holder that he will not file any court case.

"If an instrumentality of the state, particularly the housing department, puts a condition in a demand notice that the grievance of the person concerned would be considered only if he furnishes an affidavit stating that he will not file any case before any Court or take any other action, the same is prima facie atrocious in nature, besides being unconstitutional and violative of the provisions of the Indian Contract Act, t...