Hon’ble Arun Tandon, J.—This bunch of writ petitions has been filed by incorporated Companies stated to have been allotted plots by New Okhla Industrial Development Authority (for short ‘NOIDA’) for construction of 3/4/5 star hotels in Sector 96, 97 and 98, NOIDA, District Gautambudh Nagar. Petitioners are aggrieved by the order of the Secretary of the Industrial Development Department, U.P. Shasan Lucknow dated 1.8.2007 as also by the order of the Chief Executive Officer of NOIDA dated 3.8.2007, whereby they have been informed that the allotment of land earlier made in favour of the petitioners has been cancelled, they must deliver vacant possession of the plots within 15 days failing which forceful dispossession has been threatened. The State Government has further directed that the officers responsible for the allotment be identified and a report be submitted for appropriate action against such erring officers.

2. We have heard Mr. Anil Diwan, Mr. A.K. Ganguli, Mr. S.P. Gupta, Sri R.N. Singh, Mr. Kailash Vasudev, Mr. Vinay Bhasin, Mr. Ravi Kant, Mr. Sashi Nandan, Mr. Navin Sinha, Senior Advocates on behalf of the petitioners; Mr. R.N. Trivedi, Senior Advocate assisted by