New Delhi, Aug 27 - The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) will allot over 5,000 flats after it gets a report confirming that the software it used for the draw of lots cannot be rigged, an official said Thursday.

'We are expecting the report of C-DAC (Centre for Development of Advanced Computing) by Sept 21. Once we get the report, the process of allotment of flats would start,' DDA spokesperson Neemo Dhar told IANS.

Earlier this month, Delhi Police, which are is probing a multi-million-rupee housing scam, gave DDA a clean chit.

'We have received a report from the forensic lab in Hyderabad that the software used by DDA during the allotment of over 5,000 flats was not rigged. The DDA's conduct of allotment was fair and no discrepancy was found in it. We have not found any wrongdoing by the DDA,' a senior police official said.

However, a senior DDA official told IANS that even though the Hyderabad laboratory had given a clean chit to the software, the agency sent it to C-DAC to be absolutely sure about it.

Over 500,000 people applied for 5,238 flats under the DDA's housing scheme 2008.