Judgment

JAGANNATHA SHETTY, J.:- These appeals by special leave are directed against the judgment dated April 25, 1980 of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana in Civil Writ No. 3512 of 1979 : (Reported in AIR 1981 Punj & Har 30).

2. The revised policy of allotment of industrial sites for the establishment of printing presses in Chandigarh has been called into question in the aforesaid writ petition. The printing presses are now scattered all over Chandigarh. They are situated either in residential premises or in small shops in different localities. The Chandigarh administration wanted them to be located in an industrial area. For that purpose, they earmarked forty-three sites in the industrial area phase-II. The sites are comparatively of bigger dimensions. In 1975, the authorities invited applications for allotment of those sites. Several persons submitted applications. The appellants in Appeal No. 97 of 1981 were some of them. They applied with deposit of earnest money of Rs. 1000/- each. That would be ten per cent of the premium payable for the site. All the applications were processed for final allotment. In the meantime, it is said that the appellants were called upon to deposit