The Punjab and Haryana High Court held that the loss of original records cannot be a ground to deny allotment of a residential plot to a man who was selected in a draw of lots by the Punjab Government in 1999. The Court also granted an “exemplary compensation" of Rs 2 lakh.Justice Sureshwar Thakur and Justice Vikas Suri said, "If the apposite responsibility is not fixed upon the custodian...