ORDER

The State of Maharashtra is the appellant in these appeals by Special Leave. Civil Appeal No. 1149 of 1990 is filed against the judgment of the High Court of Bombay in Writ Petition No. 4415 of 1987 dated February 27, 1989, which was filed by Respondents 1 and 2 challenging the validity of the directions issued by the first appellant on January 19, 1985 and the consequential circular issued by the third appellant on December 5, 1985. By the impugned judgment, the High Court quashed the impugned circulars. Following the said judgment the High Court allowed the Writ Petition No. 5298 of 1987 by its judgment dated February 27, 1989 in which identical relief was sought by respondents 1 and 2 in Civil Appeal No. 1148 of 1990, filed by the State against the said judgment of the High Court.

2. The purport of the directions issued by the first appellant on January 19, 1985 is that the tenant-ownership type of Co-operative Housing Societies should amend their bye-laws so as (i) to enable the plot holders to construct multi-storied building with more than one residential tenement on their plots and (ii) to form a Society of the owners of the flats of the multi-storeyed buildings which s