(1.) The writ petition was heard only on the point of maintainability. Hence, the merits of the matter are not entered into at this stage and all the findings below are prima facie for the purpose of deciding the question of maintainability. The respondents plead non-maintainability at the outset.
(2.) Relief B) of the writ petition, it is contended, concerns a money claim and is not amenable to the writ jurisdiction.
(3.) Secondly, the petitioners are not parties to the development agreement on which they heavily rely, hence hit by privity.