In Brief
The Supreme Court resolved a decades-old dispute involving over 4,700 plot allottees in Okhla Enclave, Haryana who had booked plots from a private colonizer but faced non-allotment. The Court held that eligible allottees are entitled to plots upon payment of their proportionate share of Rs. 128.70 crores in internal and external development costs. The colonizer must first discharge outstanding licence fees (Rs. 21.86 crores) and security costs before claiming surplus plots. Allottees must pay within a stipulated timeframe or forfeit their rights; the colonizer must compensate defaulting allottees and fund their development costs. The Court clarified the proceedings constitute a special committee, not arbitration, and density norms cannot be relaxed.
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