Petitioner sought direction to demolish unauthorized construction. Court awaited authorities' action under police force direction. Petition disposed of without explicitly directing demolition on merits.
No further orders required; MCD directed to act within eight weeks subject to police force availability.
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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI
PUSHPA PANDEY .....Petitioner
Through: Mr. Amit Kumar & Mr. Robin Bhardwaj, Advocates.
versus
MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF DELHI & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Puneet Yadav, ASC for MCD. Mr. Abhishek Saket, SPCG with Mr. Manish Madhukar, Advocate for R-2.
Ms. Shahana Farah, Ms. Varsha Dhami & Ms. Aparna Tripathi, Advocates for DDA/R-3.
CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PRATEEK JALAN
O R D E R % 03.10.2024
W.P.(C) 13860/2024
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instructions, states that MCD has inspected the property, and unauthorised construction having been found, issued a show cause notice to the owners/occupiers on 25.09.2024. As construction was found to be ongoing, a work stop notice was issued on 27.09.2024.
W.P.(C) 13860/2024
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Coordinate Benches in Abdul Gaffar vs South Delhi Municipal Corporation & Ors. [order dated 28.02.2019 in W.P.(C) 1773/2019] and Rashiduddin Malik vs. MCD & Ors. [order dated 02.09.2024 in WP (C) 12102/2024].
PRATEEK JALAN, J
OCTOBER 3, 2024 ‘pv’/
W.P.(C) 13860/2024
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M.C. Mehta vs Union of India & Ors.Referred¶21
W.P.(C) 4677/1985 (M.C. Mehta vs Union of India & Ors.)
Devender vs. Govt. of NCT of Delhi and OrsReferred¶21
Devender vs. Govt. of NCT of Delhi and Ors (W.P.(C) 1807/2018)
Sneh Lata & Anr. vs. North Delhi Municipal Corporation & Anr.Referred¶21
Sneh Lata & Anr. vs. North Delhi Municipal Corporation & Anr. (LPA 245/2019)
Fazruddin vs. DDA & Ors.Referred¶21
Fazruddin vs. DDA & Ors. (WP (C) 4649/2017)
Himanshu vs. East Delhi Municipal Corporation & Anr.Referred¶21
Himanshu vs. East Delhi Municipal Corporation & Anr. (W.P.(C) 8104/2022)
Abdul Gaffar vs South Delhi Municipal Corporation & Ors.Referred¶26
Abdul Gaffar vs South Delhi Municipal Corporation & Ors. (W.P.(C) 1773/2019)
Rashiduddin Malik vs. MCD & Ors.Referred¶26
Rashiduddin Malik vs. MCD & Ors. (WP (C) 12102/2024)
Pushpa Pandey
Municipal Corporation of Delhi
Prateek Jalan
As recorded by the court registry
A petition under Article 226 of the Constitution asking a High Court to issue a writ against the State or a public authority in a civil matter.
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