Hon’ble Ferdino I. Rebello, C.J.—Rule. By consent heard forthwith, as the pleadings are complete.

2. The petitioner, a practicing Advocate, resident of Noida, has approached this Court by way of this petition and prayed that the petition may be treated as a public interest litigation.

3. It is the petitioner’s case that the action of respondent No. 2 in allowing the private builders/individuals/corporates/private companies/limited companies or their consortium to seek allotment of Group Housing Plots to raise construction thereon and to sell to the general public at higher price for their commercial gain, is contrary to the Scheme of the Act. The Authority under the Act was constituted not to benefit the private builders to multiply their income but to help the citizens to have their houses or flats at affordable rates. The Authority was created under the provisions of the U.P. Industrial Development Authority Act, 1976 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘’Act’), which provides for constitution of an Authority for development of certain areas in the State into industrial and urban township and for matters connected therewith. The respondent No. 1 enjoys eminent domain over the