Hon’ble Amitava Lala, ACJ.—The petitioner has filed this writ petition with the following prayers to issue :

“(i) a writ, order or direction, including a writ in the nature of certiorari, quashing the impugned order dated 8.9.1998 passed by the respondent No. 1 (Annexure -4) and the order dated 23.9.1998 passed by the respondent No. 1 (Annexure-7);

(ii) a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus, restraining the respondents from demanding from the petitioner an amount of Rs. 4,71,995/- as development charge and the amount of Rs. 2,35,997.50 as interest on the said amount, in any manner, whatsoever;

(iii) any other writ, order or direction as this Hon’ble Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case; and

(iv) award costs of the petition to the petitioner.”

2. The fact remains that the petitioner made an application in the prescribed proforma to the respondent Authority for sanction of a building plan for proposed nursing home at Mathura which the petitioner aspired to establish, being a medical doctor of eminence in his field. The petitioner, for the proposed nursing home, for which he applied on 15th October, 1994 under the scheme name and style