JUDGMENT

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2. Learned counsel for the parties jointly submit that the controversy involved in this matter is covered by the judgment rendered by this Court in Jugal Kishore Chanda advocate Vs. State Urban Improvement Department & anr. (S.B. Civil Writ Petition No.2953/2011) on 17.11.2021, operative portion of the judgment reads as follows:

'This Court after going through record of case and hearing the submissions made by counsel for the parties finds that since the State Government has accorded sanction to allotment of 22 plots in favour of Government servants in the same Scheme, in the same category having income above Rs.20,000/- per month, then there is no reason why the petitioners, who being advocates, are being deprived of the same benefit. This Court also finds that the total amount as sought by respondents has already been deposited by petitioners and although cheque was given back but the petitioners but as they have not encashed the cheque, thus, the amount continues to remain with responden