A.K. MALHOTRA & ANR. Vs. DDA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) RULE . With the consent of counsel for the parties, writ petition is set down for final hearing and disposal.

(2.) BRIEF facts of the case, which have led to the filing of the present petitions, are that on 20.12.1988 petitioners submitted their bid for auction and allotment of a shop bearing no.6, measuring no.5 sq. mt., in Shopping Centre C/o 112 MS (SFS Flats), Katwaria Sarai, New Delhi. The bid was submitted by the petitioners jointly for a sum of Rs.48,000/ - and being the highest bid the same was accepted. A sum of Rs.12,000/ - was deposited by the petitioners on the spot towards the earnest money as per terms and conditions. Petitioners received a communication dated 25.1.1989 addressed by the DDA to the petitioners requiring them to deposit the balance amount of the shop, in question, which was Rs.36,000/ - + Rs.17.50p. towards the ground rent + Rs.17.50p. towards maintenance charges plus Rs.45/ - towards document charges.

(3.) COUNSEL for the petitioners submits that the petitioners have personally met the officials of the DDA in the year 2001 and also submitted certain documents to the DDA. Petitioners addressed several letters to the DDA. As no satisfactory response was received by the DDA, petitioners have been forced to file the present writ petition.