( 1 ) BY this petition the petitioners, numbering seven, seek a writ of mandamus, or any other appropriate writ or direction directing the first respondent Delhi Development Authority (DDA) to allot plots to the petitioners in Wazirpur Phase IV, and to quash the draw of lots already held on 25 November 1991. A further direction is sought to D. D. A. directing it to draw the plots of the petitioners in terms of demand letters issued by the D. D. A. under which payments have already been made to D. D. A. There are three respondents. First respondent, as noted above, is D. D. A. , an authority constituted under the Delhi Development Act, 1957, established for the purpose of planned development of Delhi. It has to perform its functions as specified in that Act. The second respondent is Mr. Dharmender Sharma, Sub Divisional Magistrate, on the basis of whose report dated 30 April 1991 draw of lots of plots was confined to 482 persons excluding the petitioners and others. The third respondent is Mr. Shiv Charan Sheel, General Secretary, Sawan Park Jhuggi-Jhonpri Congress Committee (I), Delhi.

( 2 ) THE petitioners contend that D. D. A. prepared a scheme for the residents of Jh