Jasbir Singh, J.

1 This order will dispose of four writ petitions, i.e., Civil Writ Petitions No. 2375, 3144, 3663 and 4656, all of the year 2008, in which challenge has been laid to Self-Financing Housing Scheme-2008 (in short 2008 Scheme) floated by Chandigarh Housing Board to allot flats on leasehold basis, for 99 years, to the employees of Chandigarh Administration. For facility of dictating judgment, facts are being taken from Civil Writ Petition No. 2375 of 2008.

2 It is case of the petitioner that he joined Haryana Civil Secretariat as a Clerk in the year 1973 and on superannuation, retired as Superintendent on February 28,2006. Before his retirement, petitioner was living in House No. 2207, Sector 27-C, Chandigarh, allotted to him by the Chandigarh Administration, in the year 1994, when he was working as an Assistant.

3 The petitioner has laid challenge to the 2008 Scheme on the ground that it is discriminatory and violative of Article 14 of the Constitution of India, because right to apply for a flat has been given only to the employees of Chandigarh Administration, its Boards, Corporation and employees of the Punjab and Haryana High Court and employees on deputati