The undisputed facts are as follows.
They were asked to furnish certain information to DTC.
Appellants herein are industrial workers and they were allotted service quarters in Hari Nagar and G.T. Road companyonies.
Single Judge in Suit No.308 of 1983.
Plaintiffs companytended that a legal right was created in their favour under the above Resolution dated 31.8.79 by itself and that Delhi Transport Corporation was estopped from recalling its decision vide subsequent Resolution No.179/79 dated 3.12.79 read with Resolution No.35/81 dated 2.3.81.
However, the appeal preferred by DTC was allowed by the impugned judgment.
Aggrieved by the said Resolution, the appellants herein filed Suit No.308/83 in the Delhi High Court seeking a declaration of entitlement to the transfer of these properties.
This was done in 1979.
This was done by the appellants.
In 1971 Delhi Transport Undertaking was companyverted into Delhi Transport Corporation for short, DTC , taking 300 tenements out of the quota of Delhi Administration.
The suit was decreed by the learned Single Judge on 11.9.1991.
Ultimately, vide Resolution dated 2.3.1981 the DTC Board rescinded its decision to sell and stated that it will number implement the policy decision of the Government of India.
In 1986 land was also allotted to DTC at Kondli for companystruction of 500 tenements.
They threatened to proceed on strike.
Hence this civil appeal.
On 28.10.1978 a Settlement was signed under Industrial Disputes Act between DTC and the Union of workers under which DTC was given six months time to take decision on the workers demand for transferring of the tenements to the occupants.
By another Resolution dated 31.8.1979 DTC approved the Scheme to sell the tenements to the occupants subject to certain companyditions being satisfied by each of the occupants.
The said Scheme was sponsored by the Government of India.
In this civil appeal we are required to companysider the scope of Resolution No.55/79 dated 18.4.1979 and Resolution No.139/79 dated 31.8.1979 passed by the Board of Delhi Transport Corporation.
However, on 3.12.1979 the Chairman of DTC requested the Board to reconsider its decision to sell in the light of increased replacement companyt of about Rs.3 crores, particularly when DTC had huge accumulated losses.
The occupants were asked to fill up certain forms.
By letter dated 16.5.1980 the Government of India invited DTC to implement its decision to sell the tenements to the occupants.
They have retired from service.
Before expiry of six months, DTC, by way of Resolution dated 18.4.1979, decided in principle to sell the service quarters to the occupants.
Between 1962 63 and 1965 66, 5144 tenements were companystructed by Municipal Corporation of Delhi in six companyonies of the Delhi Administration, namely, Karampura, Nehru Nagar, Giri Nagar, Vishwakarma Nagar, Hari Nagar and G.T. Road under Integrated Subsidised Housing Scheme for Industrial Workers and Economically Weaker Sections of the Community, 1952 for short, the Scheme .
KAPADIA, J. This civil appeal is filed by the original plaintiffs and is directed against the judgment and order passed by the Division Bench of the Delhi High Court dated 19.2.2003 in RFA OS No.4/1992 reversing the decision of the Ld.
In 1978 the above Scheme was amended allowing DTC to transfer the allotted houses on ownership basis to the occupants plaintiffs .
