JUDGMENT :

Arijit Banerjee, J.

1. This appeal is directed against a judgment and order dated April 7, 2022, whereby a writ petition filed by 6 Cooperative Housing Societies (Kallol Cooperative Housing Society Limited & Ors. v. Steel Authority of India Limited & Ors.) was dismissed. The appellants were eo nominee not parties to the writ petition. They were members of the one of the writ petitioner housing societies. They have preferred the instant appeal with leave of the Court.

2. The brief facts of the case are that with a view to providing accommodation for employees/ex-employees of Steel Authority of India Limited (in short SAIL), who were employed at the Durgapur Steel Plan unit of SAIL, the State Government, at the instance of SAIL, acquired about 150 acres of un-developed land. The Government also issued ‘no objection’ to settle such land by executing leases in favour of the cooperative housing societies to be formed by the employees/ex-employees of SAIL at Durgapur.

3. A good number of housing societies were formed, having in all approximately 1876 members who are all employ