JUDGMENT

S.B.SINHA, J

1. Interpretation of a condition of eligibility for allotment of a housing plot in the Modern Housing Complex, Manimajra under the Manimajra Housing Scheme Phase iii 1993 by the appellant herein is in question in this appeal which arises out of the judgment and order dated 25.2.2000 passed by the Division Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court in C.W.P. NO.7070/1998.

2. The fact of the matter is not in dispute. Respondent No. 1 is a retired Army Officer. He and his wife jointly became member of a Cooperative Society known as Army Welfare Housing Organisation (AWHO for short). The said Cooperative Society was registered with the Registrar of Societies, Delhi under the Societies Registration Act being Act, XXI of 1860.

3. AWHO was allotted some land in Delhi by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development.

4. Respondents applied for and were allotted a dwelling unit by the appellant-Board in the said Housing Scheme. Having come to know of the purported allotment of a housing site by the AWHO in favour of the said respondents, a show cause notice was issued by the appellant-Board on 22.9.1997, directing the respondents to show cause as to why the allotment in the