A concession granted by a public authority does not create a legal right in the recipient, and the authority is not bound to extend the time for availing the concession.

V. K. KHANNA, J.:- This writ petition has been filed by petitioner No. 1, which happens to be a Housing Co-operative Society registered under the U. P. Co-operative Societies Act and also by other petitioners who happen to be its office-bearers. The petitioner-society was formed with the object of acquiring land for its members in order to build their own houses and to do incidental work in connection therewith. More than 60 acres of land situated in village Chhalera Bangar and Suthari were acquired by the Society between Jan., 1973 to Sept., 1975.

2. U. P. Industrial Area Development Act, 1976 was enacted for the constitution of an authority for the development of certain areas in the State into industrial and urban township and for matters connected therewith. The State of U. P. by a notification dated April 17, 1976 declared the area comprising the villages mentioned in the Schedule annexed to the notification to be an industrial development area within the meaning of the 1976 Act to be called "New Okhla Industrial Development Area (hereinafter referred to as the "NOIDA"). Soon after the constitution of the Noida Authority a notification under Sections 4 and 17 of the Land Acquisition Act was published in the U. P. Gazette extraordinary dated 30-4-1976 stating that the land in village Chhalera Bangar was needed for the planned industrial development. The land of the petitioner-society was included in this notification (Annexure-3 to the writ petition). Notification under Section 6 of the Land Acquisition Act was thereafter issued on 1-5-1976 (Annexure-4 to the writ petition). In respect of the other land of the Society situated in village Suthari on 1st June, 1976 a notification under Section 4 was issued which was followed by a notification under Section 6 of the Land Acquisition Act on 16-9-1976 (Annexures-7 and 8 respectively to the writ petition).

3. It appears that the petitioner-society and also a large number of other registered co-operative societies, whose land has been acquired by the NOIDA authority for the purposes of an Industrial Development of the Area made representation to the concerned authorities for getting land in lieu of the land acquired in the Complex NOIDA. After exchange of correspondence between the Society and the NOIDA Authority a Sub-Committee was constituted under the Chairmanship of Sri B.J. Khodaiji, Commissioner and Secretary, Housing and Urban Development Government of U. P. to look into the matter. The Sub-Committee invited the representatives of the Co-operative Societies also which included the representative of the petitioner-Co-operative Society. It appears that the first meeting of the Sub-Committee was held on 10-12-1977 in which the co-operative societies suggested that they be given land according to their requirement in the complex which may be nearest to Delhi. The next meeting was held on 4th Mar., 1973 (Annexure-15 to the writ petition) and in this meeting it was agreed that only the land of the society acquired by the authority would be considered for giving alternative land and that too upto the maximum of 35 to 40 per cent of the total area. The representative of the Society told the Sub-Committee that the views of the members of the Co-operative Societies will be informed to the Sub-Committee. It appears that thereafter the petitioner-Society was pressing for allotment of land at the place where their original land was situated and also that the development charge should not be charged more than Rs. 40 to 50 per square meter including the cost of the land. The next important meeting of the Sub-committee was held on 19-10-1978 in which it was decided that sites will be given to various Co-operative Housing Societies on the land nearest to Delhi on the basis of the Noida Master Plan which was under consideration and was yet to be finalised. It was also clarified by the Chief Executive Officer that 35 per cent of the area offered to the members of the society will be p