In Brief
The respondent obtained allotment of a residential plot in Noida by filing a false affidavit stating that neither he nor his spouse owned any other plot, when in fact his wife had already been allotted a different plot. The authority noticed this discrepancy and cancelled the allotment. The lower courts decreed the respondent's suit for declaration, holding that formal lease determination procedures were not followed. The Supreme Court held that fraud in obtaining allotment vitiates it ipso facto, and no formal procedural requirements apply. The respondent, having come to court with unclean hands through fraudulent affidavits, was not entitled to relief. The appeal was allowed and the suit dismissed.
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