Judgement

KAPADIA, J. :- This civil appeal is filed by the original plaintiffs and is directed against the judgment and order passed by the Division Bench of the Delhi High Court dated 19.2.2003 in RFA(OS)No.4/1992 reversing the decision of the Ld. Single Judge in Suit No.308 of 1983.

2. In this civil appeal we are required to consider the scope of Resolution No.55/79 dated 18.4.1979 and Resolution No.139/79 dated 31.8.1979 passed by the Board of Delhi Transport Corporation. Plaintiffs contended that a legal right was created in their favour under the above Resolution dated 31.8.79 by itself and that Delhi Transport Corporation was estopped from recalling its decision vide subsequent Resolution No.179/79 dated 3.12.79 read with Resolution No.35/81 dated 2.3.81.

3. The undisputed facts are as follows :

Between 1962-63 and 1965-66, 5144 tenements were constructed by Municipal Corporation of Delhi in six colonies of the Delhi Administration, namely, Karampura, Nehru Nagar, Giri Nagar, Vishwakarma Nagar, Hari Nagar and G.T. Road under Integrated Subsidised Housing Scheme for Industrial Workers and Economically Weaker Sections of the Community, 1952 (for short, the Scheme). Appellants herei