S. RAVINDRA BHAT,J

1. The city of Delhi prides itself in a large green cover; the eighth report of the Standing Committee on Urban Development (2004-05) of the Fourteenth Lok Sabha, states that 19% of the city is “green area”, more than the garden city of Bangalore (at 13.57%). The report also states that 5050 hectares of the total green area is under the jurisdiction and control of Delhi Development Authority (DDA), which has developed 1600 acres of such spaces into parks of different kinds and sizes, woodlands, greenbelts, etc. In this case the petitioner, an association of residents of three blocks of the DDA Maya Enclave, seek a writ or direction enjoining the respondents, including DDA from changing the use and character of a green area, admeasuring 3000 square meters.

2. The EA, EB and EC Blocks of Maya Enclave (hereafter collectively referred to as ``the colony'`) comprises of several flats constructed, and transferred to its allottees, by the DDA. In keeping with its policies, the DDA developed open spaces near, and adjoining the colony into Parks and woodlands. It is averred that these spaces have been indicated as `` Green `` in the Master as well as the Zonal Development

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