In Brief
Members of an N.G.O. Cooperative Building Society challenged the allotment of a commercial plot to another member, claiming it was reserved as a parking area. The Divisional Cooperative Officer and Tribunal sided with the challengers, but the High Court quashed both orders. The Supreme Court dismissed the appeals, holding that the plot was shown as a commercial plot in the approved layout plan with no definite evidence it was earmarked for parking. The court found the challengers (including non-members) lacked clean hands, having previously sought the same plot. With more than two decades elapsed, construction on the plot, and market-value payment by the allottee, intervention was unjustified.
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