Supreme Court · 2007 INSC 1288 · Decided 13 December 2007
Poonam Verma and ORS. v. Delhi Development Authority
- Court
- Supreme Court of India
- Citation
- 2007 INSC 1288 · [2007] 13 S.C.R. 552
- Case number
- CIVIL APPEAL No. 5874/2007
- Decided
- 13 December 2007
- Bench
- S.B. SINHA, H.S. BEDI (2-judge bench)
- Outcome
- Dismissed
- Case type
- Civil
- Acts & sections cited
- Constitution Article 12
Headnote
-l - Urban Development: c Delhi Development Act, 1957-ss. 41 and 56-Direction by Central Government for creation of 'out of turn quota' for allotment of flats--Legality of-Held: Central Government could not issue such directions-It did not have any quota under the Act or the Scheme- s. 41 with efficient administration of the Act and not in the matter of allotment of flats-Moreso, Scheme was closed and could not be revived thereafter-Guidelines being advisory in character per se did not confer any legal right-Also doctrine of legitimate expectation was not invokable-Thus, purported
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