1. We have heard Shashi Nandan and B. Dayal Senior Advocates assisted by Sri Sudeep Harkauli for the petitioner. Sri Ramendra Pratap Singh appears for respondent Nos.1 and 2 - Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority. Learned standing counsel appears for State respondent.

2. The petitioner is a totally blind senior citizen. He applied for allotment of a plot, in response to an advertisement issued by Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority, Gautam Budh Nagar (in short, GNIDA) in a scheme for establishment of institutions i.e. Engineering / Medical / Vocational Institutes / Centre forPperforming Arts, Social & Cultural Centres, Entertainment / Leisure Complexes, Corporate Plazas / Office Complexes, and any other Specialised Institutional / Commercial activities in Grater Noida area for 90 years of lease, on as is where is basis. He deposited Rs.10,000/- as registration amount. A letter was issued to the petitioner on 18.12.2001 by the Officer on Special Duty, GNIDA, reserving 2,000 sq. mt of land in Grater Noida for establishment of a 'Social and Cultural Centre', on a total premium of the plot at Rs.12,80,000/- (Rupees Twelve Lakhs Eight Thousand only). The petitioner