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S K Bansal Legacy Trust and Ors. v. the Govt of NCT of Delhi and Ors.

Delhi HC11 Aug 2025W.P.(C)/12009/2025

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What is this about?

The Delhi High Court allowed a writ petition seeking registration direction for sale deeds without mandatory NOC/LSR. The court held registration cannot be refused for lack of sanction/approval pending consolidation, binding purchasers to consolidation outcomes.

What did the court decide?

Direction that registration of sale deeds will not be refused for want of sanction/approval/NOC or LSR from the Consolidation Officer; purchaser bound by consolidation outcome.

S K Bansal Legacy Trust and Ors. Vs the Govt of NCT of… — Property and Title | Delhi HC (2025)

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

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- W.P.(C) 12009/2025 & CM APPL. 49041/2025

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S K BANSAL LEGACY TRUST AND ORS .....Petitioners

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Through: Mr. Anuroop P.S. and Mr. Surinder Singh Rana, Advocates.

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versus

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THE GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI AND ORS .....Respondents

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Through: Mr. Sanjay Kumar Pathak, SC for LAC with Mr. Sunil Kumar Jha, Mr. M.S. Akhtar and Mr. Pranab Kumar, Advocates. Mr. Anubhav Gupta, Panel Counsel for GNCTD.

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CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PRATEEK JALAN

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O R D E R

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% 11.08.2025

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This writ petition concerns proposed transactions for sale of 1/5^th share [16 Bighas 19 Biswas] out of total land measuring 84 Bighas 19 Biswas of land in Khasra Nos. 73//1 (4-16), 10 (4-16), 36//20/2 (2-08), 21 (4-16), 19/2 (2-08), 40//23 (4-16), 24 (4-16), 47//2/2 (2-08), 3 (4-16), 55//11/1 (4-11), 12 (4-16), 13/1 (2-08), 20 (3-0), 3 (4-16), 8 (4-16), 9 (416), 56//23/2 (1-16), 70//12 (4-16), 13 (4-16), 19 (4-16) and 8/1 (3-12) in Village Ladpur, Delhi [“subject land”]. Petitioner No. 3 executed separate sale deeds dated 08.03.2021, concerning 8 Bighas and 9 Biswas each of the subject land, in favour of petitioner Nos. 1 and 2.

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W.P.(C) 12009/2025 Page 1 of 3

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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 13/08/2025 at 12:39:24

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The only relief sought by the petitioners is a direction that nonavailability of a No Objection Certificate [“NOC”]/Land Status Report [“LSR”] should not come in the way of registration of their sale deeds, subject to the purchaser being bound by the outcome of the pending consolidation proceedings in respect of the subject land.

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Mr. Anuroop P.S., learned counsel for the petitioners, relies upon decisions of this Court in Okaya Infocom Pvt. Ltd. & Anr. vs. Govt. of NCT of Delhi & Anr. [W.P.(C) 12122/2021, decided on 10.11.2023], and Smt. Nirmala Devi & Ors. v. Govt. of NCT of Delhi & Anr. and connected matter [W.P.(C) 4046/2025, decided on 01.04.2025], both of which concern land in the very same village

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Moreover, a coordinate Bench in Chandan Sawhney v. State (NCT of Delhi) [2024 SCC OnLine Del 8421], following another judgment in Vinod Kumar Rajoria v. Government of NCT of Delhi and Others , [2023 SCC OnLine Del 5446], reiterated that furnishing of a NOC/LSR cannot be insisted upon for registration of a sale deed.

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Mr. Sanjay Kumar Pathak, learned Standing Counsel, who is present on advance notice, submits, on instructions, that no acquisition proceedings are pending in this case. 6. In view of the above, the writ petition is disposed of, with a direction that the registration of the sale deeds will not be refused for want of sanction/approval/NOC or LSR from the Consolidation Officer. The purchaser will be bound by the outcome of the consolidation proceedings in respect of the subject land. It is made clear that registration of the sale deeds in terms of the said order will not affect the rights of any other persons, arising from the consolidation proceedings.

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W.P.(C) 12009/2025 Page 2 of 3

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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 13/08/2025 at 12:39:24

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The writ petition, alongwith the pending application, is disposed of with the aforesaid directions.

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PRATEEK JALAN, J

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AUGUST 11, 2025 SS/AD/

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W.P.(C) 12009/2025 Page 3 of 3

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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 13/08/2025 at 12:39:24

S K Bansal Legacy Trust and Ors. v. the Govt of NCT of Delhi and Ors.

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