( 1 ) THE challenge in this writ petition is to a communication dated 15. 7. 2002 sent by the Delhi Development Authority ('dda') to the petitioner stating that her application dated 26. 9. 1997 for conversion of the plot No. F- 97, Naraina Vihar, New Delhi ("the property") from leasehold to free hold, and her representation dated 18. 3. 2002 were rejected since she had not deposited misuser charges in the sum of Rs. 5,08,387. The petitioner also challenges the communication dated 8. 11. 2002 sent by the DDA requiring her to deposit the aforementioned misuser charges within 15 days from the date of receipt of that letter failing which appropriate action would be initiated against her.

( 2 ) THE facts leading to the filing of the present petition and set out hereinafter are based on the pleadings of the parties and the record of the DDA which has been perused by this Court. By a lease deed dated 23. 3. 1968 the property in question was leased by the DDA to one Shri Dwarka Nath. The petitioner's late husband Shri Sohan Singh is stated to have purchased the property from Shri Dwarka Nath some time in 1974. It appears that for the first time on 11. 10. 1974 an inspe