The Hindu 15.12.2010
DDA sticks to previous draw process for housing scheme
Staff Reporter
| Authentication of application forms only after allotment |
The first step in the draw process is completely manual
Three independent judges will select the first allottee by a draw of lots
NEW DELHI: The Delhi Development Authority is sticking to the same draw process and software for its 2010 Housing Scheme that it used in its previous 2008 Housing Scheme.
The Authority will be conducting authentication of submitted application forms only after the allotment of flats. At the time of submitting application forms, banks will only verify whether the application set is complete.
The data of applicants including their housing preference and the data on flats including the flat locations are fed as two independent lists into a computerised database. The two lists are shuffled so that both do not follow any set pattern after which the database will generate a new randomised number for each applicant.
The first step in the draw process is completely manual. Three independent judges who are not part of the DDA will select the first allottee by a draw of lots.
Since the DDA is expecting at least 10 lakh applications, the judges will pick up one lot each from seven baskets which will have ten lots numbered 0 to 9 to arrive at a seven-digit number. This number will be matched by the software with the list of randomised numbers of applicants.
If there is a match, the applicant's five housing preferences are matched against the list of flats available.
If the preferences marked are available, the flat is allotted to the applicant who will be the first successful allottee.
Then a computerised process kicks in to draw the next allottee.
If none of the applicant's housing preferences are available the process goes on to generate the next randomised applicant.
DDA spokesperson Neemo Dhar said that the system will keep track of the footprints of the computerised draw and each successive randomised number that is generated along with each applicant's details will be recorded.
She said the software and the algorithm used for generating each number has been verified and certified as tamper-proof by the National Informatics Centre and Centre for Development of Advanced Computing after controversies surfaced in the 2008 Housing Scheme.
