INDERMEET KAUR, J.

1. The petitioner is aggrieved by the letter of rejection dated 19.05.2015 issued by respondent No. 1 wherein his application seeking allotment of an alternate plot was rejected. By this letter, it was informed to the petitioner that his case for allotment of an alternate plot in lieu of his acquired land had been placed before the Recommending Committee on 25.02.2015; the Recommending Committee was of the view that the spouse of the petitioner having purchased an urbanized property bearing No.C-5/A/219, Janakpuri, Delhi in her name, the case of the petitioner would not be covered under the Policy Guidelines entitling him to an alternate plot. His case was accordingly rejected.

2. The petitioner is aggrieved. The vehement submission of the learned counsel for the petitioner is that admittedly on the date when he had applied for allotment of an alternate plot which was on 11.07.2003 neither did the petitioner and nor did his wife own any plot of land. Admittedly the wife of the petitioner had purchased the aforenoted plot of land only subsequently i.e. in the year 2004; the criteria for the eligibility of an alternate plot had to be considered by the Depar