DELHI DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY Vs. JITENDER PAL BHARDWAJ

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Delay condoned.

(2.) More than 28 years ago, on 23.3.1981, the respondent made an application to the Delhi Development Authority ('DDA' for short) for allotment of a plot under the Rohini Scheme. The eligibility requirement prescribed in Clause 1(ii) of the Terms and Conditions of the Scheme is extracted below:

(3.) Nearly, a quarter century later, in a computerized draw, respondent was allotted plot No. 158, Block/PKT-C2, Sector-28, Rohini, measuring 60 sq. m, vide letter of allotment dated 3/7.10.2005. As required by DDA in its communication dated 11.3.2006, the respondent submitted necessary documents and affidavits under cover of his letter dated 31.3.2006 wherein he disclosed, in pursuance of the above eligibility condition, that he had acquired a flat measuring less than 65 sq. m in United India Apartments (Flat No. 151/A), Mayur Vihar Phase-I, Delhi. He also deposited the entire premium in regard to the allotted plot.