( 1 ) THE petitioner is a society registered under the Co-operative Societies Act. Its members are employees of the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, a public sector corporation wholly owned by the Government of India. It is a notified defence establishment. The impugned order in this writ petition was passed on 23-3-89 by the Government of Andhra Pradesh by which the request of the petitioner-society, for allotment of land in S. No. 64 of Madhavapuram village in Rangareddy District for construction of houses to the members of the society, was rejected on the ground that the Government have decided not to give Government land to Co-operative Housing Societies. The request for allotment of land originally emanated from Capt. R. S. Siva-swami, General Manager, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (hereinafter referred to as H. A. L.) in the form of a letter dated 26-11-1981 addressed to the Chief Secretary to the State Government stating that the Honble Chief Minister of the State at a dinner hosted in honour of Honble Minister of Defence on 18-7-1981"promised land for the employees to form themselves into a Society for housing colony. . . . . . ". He, therefore, requested the Chi