JUDGEMENT
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(1.)Krishna Iyer, J said that "A plea for review, unless the first judicial view is manifestly distorted, is like asking for the moon". (Northern India Caterers (I) Ltd. v. Lt. Governor of Delhi (1980) 2 SCC 167 (173) : (AIR 1980 SC 674 Para 14)).
That is the precise position in these applications. Applicant is Sri Gurdip Singh Uban, the respondent in the main appeals, who questioned the acquisition of his land in village Chatrapur, near Delhi.
(2.)These IAs are filed in the following circumstances, after dismissal of the review petition on 24-11-99.
(3.)The Civil Appeals 4656-4657/99 were disposed of by this Court, by a Bench of two Judges on 20-8-99. (Delhi Administration v. Gurdip Singh Uban, (1999) 7 SCC 44 : (1999 AIR SCW 3893 : AIR 1999 SC 3822) and the appeals of Delhi Administration and Delhi Development Authority were allowed. The appellant in C. A. 4656/99 was the Delhi Administration while the appellant in C. A. 4657/99 was the Delhi Development Authority. The appeals were allowed and the judgment of the High Court of Delhi in CWP 920 of 1986 dated 17-12-96 was set aside and the said writ petition was dismissed. This Court followed the judgment of a three Judge Bench in Abhey Ram v. Union of India, (1997) 5 SCC 421 : (1997 AIR SCW 2513 : AIR 1997 SC 2564) relied upon by the appellants in preference to the judgment of a two Judge Bench in Delhi Development Authority v. Sudan Singh, (1997) 5 SCC 430, relied upon for the Ist respondent-writ petitioners (applicant in these IAs). The writ petitioners before the High Court were Mr. Gurdip Singh Uban, Mrs. Har Sharan Misra and Mrs. Har Kiran and they were respondents in both Civil Appeals. The result was that reversing the High Court's judgment the land acquisition proceedings were upheld by this Court.