Hon’ble Ashok Bhushan, J.—By this bunch of writ petitions, the petitioners have challenged various fees imposed by the different development authorities constituted under the U.P. Urban Planning and Development Act, 1973 (hereinafter referred to as ‘1973 Act’) in the State of U.P. On an application filed by the petitioners seeking permission for carrying out development in the land/building operations, memo of demand has been issued by the Development Authorities imposing different fees/charges subject to which application seeking permission for carrying out development was to be granted. Aggrieved by the various fees and charges raised by different Development Authorities, the petitioners have come up in this Court by means of these writ petitions. Earlier also different fees and charges imposed by the Development Authorities were challenged by means of writ petitions in this Court, which writ petitions have been decided by this Court from time to time, details of which shall be noted hereinafter. Writ petition No. 23281 of 2001 Sabia Khan and others v. Allahabad Development Authority and others, was filed in this Court questioning the legality/validity of water charges/Ma