Krishan Pal Sharma & Ors. v. Muncipal Corporation of Delh
Case brief
What is this about?
Demolition Orders dated 01.04.2025 by Assistant Engineer (Bldg.)-II, Shahdara (North) Zone, MCD; appeals and stay applications pending before Appellate Tribunal MCD (ATMCD); ATMCD non-functional for want of Presiding Officer; next date 13.01.2026; interim protection against coercive action for four weeks after Presiding Officer takes charge; no opinion on merits; MCD stance that plots were vacant land in 2022 and construction raised post-purchase without sanctioned building plan; properties at Ram Nagar, Main Mandoli Road, Shahdara and Village Chandrawali @ Shahdara, Delhi-110032; writ petitions disposed of with limited, time-bound protection.
What did the court decide?
Limited interim protection: no coercive action against the petitioners for a period of four weeks after the Presiding Officer of the ATMCD takes charge; petitioners to forthwith list their appeals and applications before the ATMCD upon resumption of charge, to be heard on their own merits; protection to lapse after four weeks of the Presiding Officer resuming charge.