S. RAVINDRA BHAT, J.

1. These appeals have been preferred against different orders of learned Single Judges. However, since common questions of law are involved, they were heard together. The Court would briefly discuss the facts in each appeal, in the judgment too. In the impugned orders, the learned Single Judges have interpreted and followed the decision of the Supreme Court in Delhi Development Authority v. Jai Singh Kanwar (C.A. No.8289/2010, decided on 14.09.2011, hereafter the “Jai Singh’s case”). The Supreme Court had indicated the correct interpretation of the policy evolved for the allotment of alternative plots in Delhi, by the respondents (Govt. of NCT of Delhi) for the benefit of a category of land owners whose properties were subject to acquisition under the (now repealed) Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (“the Act”). Each case was heard separately, though a common judgment is made.

2. The respondents (i.e., the Delhi Administration – succeeded to by the Govt. of NCT of Delhi) had, resorted to large-scale acquisition of lands, for the purpose of development of Delhi, through notifications between 1959-61. Later, to study the problem of devising measures to control l