By the Court.—Heard Shri M.K. Gupta assisted by Shri Vatsal Srivastava for the petitioners. Learned Standing Counsel appears for respondent No. 1. Shri M.L. Verma, Sr. Advocate assisted by Shri Ravindra Kumar and Shri Ramendra Pratap Singh appear for the respondents.

2. The petitioner, “Air Force Naval Housing Board” (in short, the Board) is a society registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 in the year 1980 with the main object to promote suitable housing schemes for serving air force and naval personnel on all India basis as per the welfare measure at no profit no loss basis. The Board constructs group housing project for defence personnel to provide residential houses to both serving as well as retired officers and their widows, who are spread all over for national security reasons. The Board established in the year 1979-80 has constructed approximately 16,000 units, all over India known as “Jal Vayu Vihar Societies”.

3. By this writ petition the Board has prayed for quashing the order dated 19.12.2008 passed by the New Okhla Industrial Development Authority (NOIDA), Distt. Gautam Budh Nagar U.P. by which its application for allotment of group housing Plot N