Rajiv Shakdher, J.

WP(C) No. 4688/2002 & WP(C) No.6198/2010 & CM No.12267/2010

1. These writ petitions have been filed to essentially challenge the communication dated 10.07.2002 issued by the Delhi State Industrial Development Corporation Limited (in short DSIDC) i.e. Respondent No.2. The petitioners are aggrieved by the impugned communication as their allotment to plot No.8 (Pocket-F) Sector-5, situate at Bawana Industrial Area, Delhi, admeasuring 200 sq. mtrs., stands cancelled (hereinafter referred to as the plot in issue). The allotment, as a matter of fact, had been made in favour of the Petitioner No.1 company.

1.1 Specifically in WP(C) 4688/2002 challenge is laid to communication dated 10.07.2002, while in WP(C) 6198/2010 challenge is laid to the show cause notice dated 26.05.2010, which seeks explanation as to why the plot in issue allotted in favour of the petitioner ought not to be cancelled.

2. The background facts, based on which, challenge has been laid are, broadly as follows:

2.1 The Supreme Court issued orders in Writ Petition (Civil) No.4677/1985, titled MC Mehta v. Union of India, to close down industrial units which were being run in residential/non-conform