JUDGMENT :

1. This is a bunch of writ petitions filed by the slum dwellers of slum area known as Akbar Nagar-1 and 2 challenging the demolition orders issued by the Lucknow Development Authority (hereinafter referred to as 'the LDA') and for quashing the rehabilitation scheme framed by the LDA. They also pray for a direction to be issued to the respondents to prepare and implement a rehabilitation scheme in accordance with the provisions of the U.P. Slum Areas (Improvement and Clearance) Act, 1962 (hereinafter referred to as 'the Act of 1962') read with the U.P. In-Situ Slum Redevelopment Policy, 2021.

2. Leading Writ-C No.1372 of 2024 "Raju Sahu and others vs State of UP and others" was filed as one of the last cases, when hearing had started, and on the request of Sri J.N. Mathur, learned Senior Counsel for petitioners, the same was taken up as the leading case, as it contained all grounds raised by the petitioners in this bunch. It was agreed that the counter affidavit filed by the LDA in the earlier leading writ petition will be read in the present petition also. It was also agreed that the questions raised in this leading case are mainly questions of law and further counter affi