Umesh Pandey vs Chairman, Bihar State Hsg Brd,Bihar ...

The Supreme Court held that the Bihar State Housing Board's exclusion of the respondent from the 1983 lottery for house allotment was arbitrary and unjustified, as the respondent was not informed of any defects in his application nor given a chance to rectify them. The Court restored the Single Judge's order directing the Board to allot a house to the respondent, overturning the Division Bench's decision which had set aside the earlier ruling. This case emphasizes the principles of fairness and transparency in administrative actions under Article 14 of the Constitution.