Reportable

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION

SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION [C] No.27181 of 2009

(CC 14775/2009)

Delhi Development Authority

… Petitioner

Vs.

Jitender Pal Bhardwaj

… Respondent

O R D E R

Delay condoned.

2.

More than 28 years ago, on 23.3.1981, the respondent

made an application to the Delhi Development Authority

(‘DDA’ for short) for allotment of a plot under the Rohini

Scheme. The eligibility requirement prescribed in clause

1(ii) of the Terms and Conditions of the Scheme is

extracted below:

“The individual or his wife/her husband or any of

his/her minor children do not own in full or in

part on lease-hold or freehold basis any

residential plot of land or a house or have not

been allotted on hire-purchase basis a residential

flat in Delhi/New Delhi or Delhi Cantonment. If,

however, individual share of the applicant in the

jointly owned plot or land under the residential

house is less than 65 sq.m, an application for

allotment of plot can be entertained. Persons who

own a house or a plot allotted by the Delhi

Development Authority on an area of even