The issue was considered in greater detail in another decision of a Division
Bench of this Court in Amarpreet Singh Deol v. Chandigarh Housing
Board 2014(28) R.C.R.(Civil) 893. In this case it had been argued on
behalf of the wait list applicants that their claim to allotment could not be
defeated on account of the inaction of the respondents in not cancelling the
allotment of the ineligible applicants within the period of the validity of
waiting list. It was argued that it was incumbent on the respondents to
finalize such cancellation within the period of the validity of the waiting list.
This argument was rejected by observing as under: