JUDGMENT

S.B. Sinha, J.-These appeals involving common questions of law and fact were taken up for hearing together and are being disposed of by this common judgment.

BACKGROUND FACTS :

2. The admitted facts are : the lands in question being Nazul lands are governed by the provisions of the Delhi Development Act, 1957 (The Act) and the Delhi Development Authority (Disposal of Developed Nazul Land) Rules, 1981 (The Rules) framed thereunder. Pursuant to or in furtherance of the provisions of The Act and The Rules , the appellant herein granted lease in favour of a Cooperative Society known as the Government Servants Cooperative House Building Society Limited, Shri Mangal Singh Monga, Shri N.R. Pillai and Shri Satish Chander Malhotra were the members of the said Cooperative Society. They in terms of the provisions of The Rules were required to execute deeds of sub-lease in favour of the lessee as also the President of India.

3. The factual matrix of the matter is being considered from the case involved in Civil Appeal No. 1781 of 2000.

On 13.12.1968, a statutory sub-lease was executed in favour of Shri Mangal Singh Monga in respect of residential plot of 1568 sq. yards in Vasant Vihar