(1.) -The petitioner, Sri Deepak Sharma who had responded to the advertisement issued by the New Okhla Industrial Development Authority (hereinafter referred to as the 'NOIDA') for allotment of a residential plot in terms of the 'Residential Plots Scheme-2004 (1) (hereinafter referred to as the 'Scheme') has filed Writ Petition No.48287 of 2005 (hereinafter called the first petition) for a direction upon the respondents to execute the lease-deed in his favour on the basis of the allotment letter and to accept the balance amount as per the Schedule mentioned in the Scheme. Subsequently by means of the amendment application the petitioner sought the quashing of the order dated 4.7.2005 published in the Times of India and Hindustan Times on 6.7.2005 cancelling the draw of lots held on 2.7.2005.
(2.) IT is the contention of the petitioner that pursuant to the announcement of the aforesaid Scheme by NOIDA he had submitted an application on 14.12.2004 for allotment of a plot in category "01" and had also deposited a sum of Rs. 50,000. The draw of lots was held on 2.7.2005 and the petitioner came to know through the Internet that he had been allotted plot No. 234, Block C, Sector 122, NOIDA but when the petitioner made enquiries in the NOIDA office, he learnt that the draw of lots had been cancelled.
(3.) THEREAFTER NOIDA filed a counter-affidavit in the Second Petition giving a reply to not only the queries contained in the order dated 4.8.2005 but also a detailed reply to the averments made in the said writ petition.