6. It is most respectfully submitted that the land at Bela Estate, Vijay Ghat, New Delhi-110006, i.e., the land in question in the present case, is government land which has been placed at the disposal of the Respondent Authority vide the Nazul Agreement of 1937 entered into between the Secretary of State for India and the predecessor-ininterest of the Respondent Authority, namely the Delhi Improvement Trust (hereinafter referred to as " DIT "). In the year 1949, a lease deed was executed regarding this land by the DIT for a period of five years in favour of the Delhi Peasants Co-operative Multipurpose Society (hereinafter referred to as " the Society "), of which the Petitioners are also members. This lease was extended from time to time, but finally stood expired on 14.06.1966, a fact which the Petitioners have also admitted in their Contempt Petition. Pursuant to this, show cause notices were issued to the Petitioners and ultimately eviction orders were passed against them. In the light of the expiry of the aforesaid lease and the eviction orders passed against the Petitioners, no right, title or interest accrues in their favour with respect to the said land. Thus, the present Contempt Petition merits to be dismissed on the ground of lack of locus standi of the Petitioners alone.
