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Drawing the attention of this Court to the memorandum dated 24th December, 2001, Mr. Gooptu submits that the Joint Secretary to the Government of West Bengal, Urban Development Department requested the respondent no.5 to find out as to whether one or two more plots in Salt Lake may be located for the purpose of allotment of the same to the Cooperative Housing Societies of the employees involved in the process of development of Salt Lake (Bidhan Nagar).

Placing reliance upon the reply issued by the said respondent no.5 vide memorandum dated 15th January, 2002 Mr. Gooptu submits that the said memorandum indicated the plots which are still available at Salt Lake for the purpose of allotment and thereafter, by a memorandum dated 9th September, 2003, the respondent no.3 requested the respondent no.5 to furnish the information about the employees who were involved in the process of development of Salt Lake and have applied for allotment of land to form cooperative societies for residential purposes and thereafter the said respondent no.5 also issued a letter dated 27th June, 2001 indicating the tentative areas which may be considered for allotment to the petitioners.

I have heard the learned advocates appearing for the respective parties and I have considered the materials on record.

The undisputed facts involved in the instant writ application are that way back in 1980 a decision was adopted by the Government towards allotment of plot to the employees of Salt Lake project for residential purposes and such decision was subsequently revised from allotment of plot on individual basis to the allotment of plot for the purpose of residential accommodation through cooperative housing scheme so that more persons can be accommodated under the scheme. Such decision of the Government was subsequently accepted by the members of the petitioners' society and prayers were made to the effect that the petitioners are willing to come under the cooperative housing scheme. Appreciating such claim of the petitioners, the Government decided to consider the same as would be explicit from the memoranda dated 27th June, 2001, 24th December, 2001, 15th January, 2002 and 9th September, 2003.

A perusal of the memoranda clearly reveals that endeavour was made on behalf of the respondents to identify the vacant plots which can be allotted to the cooperative housing societies of the employees involved in the process of development of Salt Lake (Bidhan Nagar) and the memorandum dated 27th June, 2001 clearly details the location of the vacant plots and the quantum of land available which may be considered for allotment to the Sukanta Abasan. Furthermore, even in the month of December, 2011 a feasibility report on the proposal for construction of ownership flats for officers and employees of Urban Development Department in the unallotted vacant plots at Salt Lake, Kolkata was prepared by the respondents.