( 1 ) CIVIL Writ Petition No. 6666 of 1999 has been filed by BU- Block Residents Welfare Association and 18 other residents by way of Public Interest Litigation.

( 2 ) THERE is a plot measuring 2. 5 acres (approx.) located in BU/cu Block Pitampura, New Delhi (hereinafter referred to as the disputed plot, for short ). This plot has been allotted to respondent No. 8, namely, Akhil Bhartiya Samajodhan Samiti for purposes of running a school. The petitioners have challenged the allotment of this disputed land to respondent No. 8 by the Delhi Development Authority (hereinafter referred to as DDA, for short) primarily on the ground that as per the Zonal Development Plan (hereinafter referred to as ZDP, for short), the disputed land falls under the "recreational Zone" namely, "neighbourhood Park/ Green Belt". Civil Writ Petition No. 5862 of 1999 is filed by CU-Block Residents Welfare Association praying for identical relief. Accordingly, both these writ petitions were heard together and are being disposed of by common judgment.

( 3 ) FACTUAL background which led to the allotment of the aforesaid disputed land to respondent No. 8 is substantially undisputed and may be narrated a