J U D G M E N T

CHANDRA DHARI SINGH, J.

W.P.(C) 1585/2022

1. The instant batch of petitions involving a similar issue have been filed seeking following reliefs :

a. Issue of a writ of certiorari quashing the letter dated 3rd July 2020(date of letter same in both the writ petitions) rejecting the claim of the petitioners for allotment of the house in lieu of the petitioner's erstwhile occupation/possession/ residence at the first floor of the Jhuggis of the petitioner in Kathputli Colony Delhi.

b. Issue of writ of mandamus directing that the respondent shall allocate an alternative dwelling unit to the petitioners.

FACTUAL HISTORY

2. Kathputli Colony started emerging in the 1950s, as a cluster of makeshift tents in an open field on the outskirts of Delhi by a group of inerrant puppeteers from Rajasthan.

3. In the year 2010, the DDA (hereinafter “respondent”) conducted a survey and documents were submitted to its officials. Pursuant to which, the respondent commenced the re-development of the Kathputli Colony on a public private partnership basis.

4. In the year 2014, around 300 residents of the colony moved to transit camp at Anand Parbat, Delhi. The respondent formulated a policy on 2nd Ju