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Shanker Kumar Gupta v. Government of NCT of Delhi & Anr.

Delhi HC19 Aug 2025W.P.(C)/11304/2025

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A septuagenarian sought expeditious adjudication of his application under the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007, pending since 2020 before the Additional District Magistrate. The Court directed the respondents to decide it within three months.

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Direction to respondents to decide the Section 23 application expeditiously, endeavouring disposal within three months.

Shanker Kumar Gupta Vs Government of NCT of… — Pension and Retirement Benefits | Delhi HC (2025)

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

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- W.P.(C) 11304/2025 and CM APPL.46378/2025 SHANKER KUMAR GUPTA .....Petitioner

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Through: Mr. T. N. Saxena, Mr. Akshay Arora and Mr. Abhishek Chaterjee, Advs. (through v/c)

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versus

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GOVERNMENT OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Nitin Gupta, Adv.

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CORAM:

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HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SACHIN DATTA O R D E R % 19.08.2025

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Learned counsel for the petitioner confines to seeking that the application filed by the petitioner before the Office of Additional District Magistrate, Central District, New Delhi, under Section 23 of the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens Act, 2007, be decided expeditiously.

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It is submitted that the said petition was filed as far back as 2020 and there is no prospect of the same being decided within a reasonable period of time. It is submitted that the petitioner is more than seventy-years old and great prejudice is being caused to the petitioner on account of nonadjudication of the application by the concerned authority.

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Considering the limited nature of the relief sought in the present petition, the same is disposed of by directing the respondents to expeditiously decide the aforesaid application of the petitioner. Let an endeavour be made to dispose of same within a period of three months from today.

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This is a digitally signed order.

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The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 29/08/2025 at 12:47:13

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Let hearings in the matter be scheduled at short intervals with a view to adhere to the said deadline.

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The petition is disposed of in the above terms.

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SACHIN DATTA, J

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AUGUST 19, 2025/uk

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This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 29/08/2025 at 12:47:13

Shanker Kumar Gupta v. Government of NCT of Delhi & Anr.

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