JUDGMENT :

By the Court.-Shri Amit Saxena, learned Senior Advocate assisted by Shri Siddharth Singhal and Shri Ravi Nanda, learned counsel for the petitioner and Shri Sarthak under the authority of Shri Kaushalendra Nath Singh, learned counsel for the respondent No. 2.

2. The writ petitioner is a private limited company registered under the provisions of the Companies Act, 1956, with its registered office at 3016/5, Second Floor, Street No. 12A, Ranjeet Nagar, New Delhi. The petitioner is engaged in the development of residential as well as commercial projects.

3. The writ petition was initially filed seeking the following reliefs :

''(i) a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus directing the respondent No. 2 to handover the vacant, physical and peaceful possession of the Encroached Portion of the Subject Plot admeasuring 17261 sqm forming part of Plot No. SC02/C, Sports City, Sector 150, Noida Gautam Budh Nagar allotted to the petitioner.

(ii) a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus directing the respondent No. 2 to give ''zero period'' from the date of execution of the Lease-deed i.e. 19-12-2014 till the time the petitioner is given the vacant, physical and peaceful possession of the said Encroached Portion of the Subject Plot being Plot No. SC-02/C, Sports City, Sector 150, Noida Gautam Budh Nagar allotted to the petitioner.

(iii) a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus directing the respondent No. 2 to defer the payment of annual lease rent for the period commencing from the date of execution of Lease-deed dated 19-12-2014 till the date on which the vacant, physical and peaceful possession of the Encroached Portion of the Subject Plot is handed over to the petitioner:

(iv) a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus directing the respondent No. 2 to grant extension of time with regard to the time period stipulated in the lease-deed for completion of the project commencing from the date of execution of lease-deed i.e. 19-12-2014 till the date on which the vacant, physical and peaceful plot of Encroached Portion of the Subject Plot is handed over to the petitioner; and

(v) a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus directing the respondent No. 2 to not issue any demand note or any further or subsequent default notices till the time the petitioner is given the vacant, physical and peaceful possession of the Encroached Portion of the Subject Plot being Plot No. SC02/C, Sports City, Sector 150, Noida Gautam Budh Nagar allotted to the petitioner; and

(vi) any other writ, order or direction as this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper in the circumstances of the case to meet the ends of justice.

(vii) Award cost of the petition to the petitioner.''

4. The writ petition was amended and the following reliefs were incorporated :

''(viii) a writ, order or direction in the nature of certiorari quashing the impugned order dated 11-02-2021 issued by New Okhla Industrial Development Authority i.e. respondent No. 2 (Annexure 18 to this writ petition) in relation to Plot being SC-02/C, Sports City, Sector 150, Noida, Gautam Budh Nagar, U.P.

(ix) a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus directing the respondent No. 2 to not take any coercive steps/actions pursuant to the Impugned Order dated 11-02-2021.

(x) a writ, order or direction in the nature of mandamus directing the respondent No. 2 to expeditiously grant approval of the building plans submitted vide application dated 12-03-2020 (Annexure 19 to this writ petition) in respect of group housing project of the petitioner in the Subject Plot.''

5. It is contended on behalf of the petitioner that the respondent No. 2 floated a scheme, being Scheme 2014-15 (Sports City) for development of Sports City in Plot No. SC-02 in Sector 150, NOIDA and invited bids from interested parties for being awarded the project under the scheme. The petitioner submitted its bid as a consortium member and the bid was accepted by the respondent No. 2 vide