JUDGMENT :

MEHTA, J.

1. These five intra-court appeals involve common controversy on facts as well as in law and hence the same are being decided together by this judgment.

2. The appellants herein, applied for allotment of duplex houses in the Mukta Prasad Nagar, Bikaner under the Self Financing Scheme floated by the respondent Rajasthan Housing Board, Bikaner under two categories:-(1) the Higher Income Group (‘HIG’) & (2) the Middle Income Group (‘MIG’). All the appellants herein were successful in the draw of lots and the respondents issued reservation letters dated 23.10.2013 in favour of the appellants-writ petitioners requiring them to deposit the total amount in four equal installments as per the schedules below:-