1. These writ petitions have been filed by the petitioners alleging that the Central Government, Delhi Development Authority (in short "DDA") and Municipal Corporation of Delhi (in short "MCD") are willful mute spectators to the fraud amounting to several crores of rupees by way of evasion of stamp duty perpetuated by the builders and purchasers of the commercial properties built on land leased to builders by the DDA for construction and sale of commercial properties.

2. When the matter was listed before this Court on 5th March, 2008, the following order was passed:

The issue involved in this matter relates to registration of lease deedand also sale deeds. However, for being able to have a sale deed prepared, the land is to be converted from lease hold to freehold. Delhi Development Authority has to adopt a policy for simplifying the procedure for getting the leasehold rights converted to freehold rights. Counsel for the DDA states that effective steps are being taken in that regard and that in fact a modified conversion policy has already been conveyed by the Ministry to the DDA, which is being examined. It is also brought to our notice that the aforesaid policy of conversio