Harbhajan Singh Vs Municipal Corporation of Delhi through Its Commissioner and Anr. — Delhi HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

Harbhajan Singh Vs Municipal Corporation of Delhi through Its Commissioner and Anr. — Delhi HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

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Outcome

CM APPL. 9230/2026: respondent no.1/MCD directed to take immediate action in accordance with law, with all rights, contentions and legal remedies of the owner/occupier remaining protected; CM APPL. 9231/2026 (interim stay restraining sale/transfer/third-party interest): relief refused, application disposed of.

Issue for consideration

Whether the petitioner, in the disposed of writ petition, is entitled to a direction against respondent no.1/MCD to take demolition action against the subject property raised by respondent no.2 (CM APPL. 9230/2026). +1 more

Court's answer

In view of the rejection of respondent no.2's regularisation application on 3 December 2025 and the demolition order passed in January 2026, CM APPL. 9230/2026 is disposed of with a direction to respondent no.1/MCD to take immediate action in accordance with law.

Ratio / Principle

All rights, contentions and legal remedies of the owner/occupier of the subject property shall remain protected notwithstanding the direction to MCD.

Key takeaways

No grounds are made out for the relief sought in CM APPL. 9231/2026 (restraint on respondent no.2 from selling, transferring or creating third party interest) in a disposed of writ petition.ratio¶¶25
CM APPL. 9231/2026 accordingly stands disposed of.ratio¶¶26

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Delhi High Court (Amit Bansal, J.), order dated 10.02.2026 in CM APPL. 9230/2026 & CM APPL. 9231/2026 in W.P.(C) 11712/2025, Harbhajan Singh v. Municipal Corporation of Delhi: The writ petition had been disposed of on 06.10.2025 with directions that MCD consider respondent no. 2's regularization application in accordance with law, decide it expeditiously (preferably within 8 weeks), take further action subject thereto, and refrain from coercive action till decision. On counsel for MCD submitting that the regularisation application of private respondent no. 2 was rejected on 03.12.2025 and a demolition order passed in January 2026, the Court disposed of CM APPL. 9230/2026 directing MCD to take immediate action in accordance with law, protecting all rights, contentions and legal remedies of the owner/occupier. CM APPL. 9231/2026 seeking to restrain respondent no. 2 from selling, transferring or creating third party interest in the subject property was refused, the Court finding no grounds for such relief in a disposed of writ petition.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI CM APPL. 9230/2026 & CM APPL. 9231/2026 IN

- W.P.(C) 11712/2025

HARBHAJAN SINGH .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Anil Kumar Dhupar, Advocate.

versus

MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF DELHI THROUGH ITS COMMISSIONER AND ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Ranjeet Pandey, Advocate for MCD.

Mr. Dhruv Varma & Mr. Harshit Sharma, Advocates

CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT BANSAL

O R D E R % 10.02.2026

CM APPL. 9230/2026

This application has been filed by the petitioner in a disposed of writ petition seeking a direction against the respondent no.1/MCD to take demolition action against the subject property raised by the respondent no.2. 2. This Court had disposed of the writ petition vide order dated 6^th October 2025, with the following directions:-

“6. Accordingly, the MCD is directed to consider the regularization application of respondent no. 2, in accordance with law, and pass requisite orders.

7. It is directed that further action shall be taken by the MCD, subject to any order that may be passed in the regularization

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W.P.(C) 11712/2025

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application of the respondent no. 2.

8. It is further directed that till the regularization application of respondent no. 2 is decided, no further coercive action shall be taken against the property of respondent no. 2. It is expected that the regularization application of respondent no. 2 shall be decided by the MCD expeditiously, preferably within a period of 8 weeks, from today. 9. With the aforesaid directions, the present writ petition, along with the pending application, is accordingly disposed of.”

Counsel appearing on behalf of the respondent no.1/MCD submits that on 3^rd December, 2025, the regularisation application filed by the private respondent no.2 has been rejected and a demolition order has been passed in January, 2026.

In view thereof, the present application is disposed of while directing the respondent no.1/MCD to take immediate action in accordance with law.

Needless to state, all rights, contentions and legal remedies of the owner/occupier shall remain protected.

CM APPL. 9231/2026 (seeking interim stay)

This application has been filed on behalf of the petitioner seeking to restrain the respondent no.2 from selling, transferring or creating third party interest in respect of the subject property.

No grounds are made out for seeking such relief in a disposed of writ petition.

Accordingly, the application stands disposed of.

AMIT BANSAL, J

FEBRUARY 10, 2026

Vivek/-

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W.P.(C) 11712/2025

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 12/02/2026 at 14:05:14