Hon’ble Devi Prasad Singh, J.—The controversy involved in the present writ petition, is an instance revealing the blatant abuse of power by the State Government and the Development Authorities (in the present case, the Lucknow Development Authority, Lucknow in short the LDA), depriving the petitioners of plots which were lawfully allotted to them through lottery system and that too, when the entire cost of the plots was deposited by the petitioners in terms of the schedule prescribed by the LDA. In spite of the fact that the petitioners deposited cost of the plots as far back as in the year 1984, they failed to enjoy the sweet dreams of having their own house in the city of Lucknow in view of the multiplicity of litigation in the hands of red tapism and abuse of power for extraneous reasons and consideration by the LDA and the State Government. The Writ Petition No. 281 (M/B) of 1997 is taken up as leading writ petition for the purpose of present controversy.

2. The petitioner Nos. 1, 2 and 3 are the allottees of Plot No. 6-E, 2-3 and 130-E in Aliganj Housing Scheme, Lucknow (in short the Scheme). They have approached this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of Indi