ORDER:

(Per the Hon’ble Sri Justice J. Sreenivas Rao)

In this writ petition filed as a public interest litigation, the petitioner has prayed for the following reliefs:

(1) Action of the respondent Nos.1 to 4 in allotting public properties to private companies, firms, individuals either by way of outright sale or lease without calling for tenders or advertisement as unconstitutional, in violation of Article 14 and Part VI of the Constitution and without jurisdiction, ultra vires, void ab initio, arbitrary, illegal and violative of doctrine of public trust and to direct the official respondents to review all the allotments made during the last ten years by way of sale/lease and to collect market value/rent from the allottees.

(2) To cancel the allotments and to resume the lands in all cases where the development has not commenced or the substantial progress has not been made strictly as per the terms and conditions of the allotment and regulations.

(3) To declare the Regulations 4 to 6 of APIIC Allotment Regulations, 1998 providing for allotment without tenders or bids as arbitrary, unreasonable, contrary to the ::3::

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