S. RAVINDRA BHAT, J.

( 1 ) ISSUE Rule. With consent of Counsel for the parties, the matter was heard for disposal.

( 2 ) THE petitioner claims to be driven to initiate these proceedings under article 226; he has sought for a direction to the respondents, namely, the MCD slum and JJ Department, the Deputy Commissioner, Shahadra Zone of the MCD and the DDA to furnish information in respect of structures which were alleged to be unauthorised constructions on the public lands. The other relief claimed is for a direction to demolish the structure in question. Before approaching the Court, the petitioner had filed an application to the competent authority designated in terms of the Delhi Right to Information Act, of the MCD Slum and JJ Department eliciting information as to whether the lands were allotted either by the DDA or the mcd; the unauthorised encroachment supposed to have been regularised and unauthorised encroachment requiring to be demolished. The competent officer of the MCD Slum and JJ Department, replied to the query in the following terms:

"ref: ID No. 155/05 sh. Ram Avtar Singh Yadav: The plot in question measuring 16m x 43m (688 S. qm. plot) had been allotted for Dairy