Judgment

RANGANATH MISRA, J.- The dispute in this group of writ petitions under Article 32 of the Constitution relates to allotment of land for residential purposes by New Okhla Industrial Development Authority (shortly known as NOIDA). NOIDA is a trans-Jamuna housing project set up by the Uttar Pradesh Government in the year 1976. Prior to the setting up of the NOIDA, the Defence Services Cooperative Housing Society Ltd. and other societies had acquired lands in the area for purposes of housing of their members and when the same came to be notified for acquisition for NOIDA, Writ Petition No. 9034 of 1983 was filed challenging the acquisition; the federation also filed a separate writ petition being No. 1588 of 1984. Some other writ petitions by the different parties were also filed. On January 14, 1985, after hearing parties a bench of this Court inter alia made the following directions:

"Both sides presented a fair and nearly accurate picture of the present situation. Spirit of reconciliation rather than confrontation prevailed all throughout. All reasonable suggestions emanating from both sides either accepted or seriously considered by both sides with a view to implementing the