J U D G M E N T

SANJIV KHANNA, CJI.

Signature Not Verified Digitally signed by g De ae teta : 2a 0h 2u 4ja .11.25 Leave granted in Special Leave Petition (Civil) No. 19838 of 2010.

Reason:

2. This common judgment decides the cross appeals which impugn the judgment dated 05.01.2010, of the Division Bench of the High Court of Andhra Pradesh in Writ Petition Nos. 7956, 7997, and 23682 of 2008. These Writ Petitions challenged the allotment of land parcels, vide several State Government Memoranda1, within the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation limits. The land was allocated to Cooperative Societies composed of members of various groups, including Members of Parliament2, Members of both houses of the State Legislature3, officers of All India Services4, Judges of the Supreme Court and High Court5, State Government employees, defence personnel, journalists and individuals from weaker sections of society.

3. The High Court, in the impugned judgment, has partly allowed the Writ Petitions, quashing the GoMs that laid down the allotment policy and facilitate the allotments to the Cooperative Societies. It held that the parcels of land allotted to the respondents were to be restored to the Gove