2001 (8) TMI 1433

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....ar 1969 sought for permission of the central government to run lotteries in Delhi. By order dated 17th April. 1969, it was conveyed to the Lt. Governor of Delhi that the President of India was pleased to grant permission to the 'occasional running of lotteries' in Delhi by the Delhi Development Authority. By order dated 31st March, 1992, the central government decided the running of Delhi ....

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....held that executive power under Article 298 of the Constitution is not co-terminus with the limited legislative power conferred by Article 239AA(3)(a) on Delhi Government as Article 298 does not apply to the Union Territory of Delhi. In the opinion of the High Court, the proper course for the Delhi Government to follow, after having taken a decision to close down the lotteries, was to approach the....

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....ation of the pleas and the constitutional issues raised before the court. It was conceded at the bar that in the year 1969, it was only a permission granted by the central government to Delhi Development Authority to run the lotteries occasionally' and on 1st April, 1992, the operation of the lotteries came to be transferred to Delhi government. The permission granted to Delhi Development Auth....