By the Court.—Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) submitted a proposal to the Collector and District Magistrate, Ghaziabad for the resumption of 43.99 hectares of land. The Commissioner, Meerut Division issued separate resumption notifications in exercise of powers conferred by Section 117 (6) of the U.P. Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act, 1950 (Act). By the first of those notifications dated 7 February 2014, land admeasuring 1.7120 hectares comprised in Khasra Nos. 949 and 1080 was resumed from the Nagar Nigam, Ghaziabad and was vested in GDA for the purpose of planned development. By the second notification dated 3 December 2014, land admeasuring 5.2040 hectares comprised in Khasra Nos. 96, 97, 952 and 1034 was resumed from the Gram Sabha/Nagar Nigam, as the case may be, and was vested in GDA for planned development. The possession of the land was transferred on 11 May 2015. GDA advertised a scheme on 28 June 2015 by which it invited bids for the sale of two plots of land, which forms the subject-matter of the present proceedings. These were listed at serial Nos. 20 and 21 of the auction notice. Both of these plots were comprised in the Noor Nagar Scheme and were