Judgement

CHINNAPPA REDDY, J.:- The Uttar Pradesh Legislature enacted the Uttar Pradesh Industrial Area Development Act, 1976 for the constitution of an authority for the development of certain areas in the State into industrial and urban townships and for matters connected therewith. The New OkhIa Development Area Authority (NOIDA) was constituted under the provisions of this Act. NOIDA acquired vast extents of land in the outskirts of Delhi for the purpose of developing an industrial and urban township. NOIDA announced two schemes called LIG-EWS and MIG Schemes and invited applications for allotment of houses constructed and proposed to be constructed by them. Several thousand applications were received and NOIDA announced closure of the schemes on December 11, 1980. Though in the original advertisement relating to the LIG-EWS scheme, there was no reservation of allotment in favour of any class of persons, it appears that later on NOIDA decided to reserve a certain percentage of houses for some categories of persons in the following manner :-

"(1) Persons whose land has been acquired by NOIDA for the development of NOIDA .... 2%

(2) Entrepreneurs of NOIDA and their employees ... 17%