LAWS(DLH)-2024-11-72

PROMILA RASTOGI Vs. D.D.A.

Decided On November 13, 2024
Promila Rastogi Appellant
V/S
D.D.A. Respondents

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The petitioner is invoking the extra-ordinary jurisdiction of this Court by instituting the present writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, 1950, seeking the following reliefs:

(2.) Shorn of unnecessary details, the petitioner No. 1 is the mother of petitioners No. 2 and 3, and wife of late Shri Suresh Rastogi, who passed away due to the sudden collapse of their apartment's balcony on 20/7/2000. Petitioners No. 2 and 3, being minor sons, are represented by petitioner No. 1 as their natural guardian.

(3.) The respondent/Delhi Development Authority 'DDA' constructed 816 flats in Jhilmil Colony, Phase-II, for low and medium-income groups, with construction in the year 1983 and completed in 1987. The flats, each consisting of two living rooms and a bathroom, were priced at Rs.86,700.00 in the year 1985-86.