Sh. Rohit v. Delhi Development Authority through Its Chairman
Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords: DDA demolition action; notice by affixation; deemed service of notice on counsel; reply to notice; personal hearing; Deputy Director Land Management (South Zone-III); speaking order; two-week protection from adverse action; disposal of writ petition. Matter: W.P.(C) 13447/2025 and CM APPL. 55233/2025, High Court of Delhi, decided 02.09.2025 by Vikas Mahajan, J. Relevant for practitioners seeking short procedural protections (hearing, reasoned order, brief stay) in DDA demolition matters; order contains no statutory or precedential citations and decides nothing on the merits of the demolition question.
What did the court decide?
Petition disposed of with procedural directions: copy of notice deemed served on petitioner's counsel; petitioner to reply within one week; personal hearing before the Deputy Director, Land Management (South Zone-III), Delhi on 12.09.2025 at 2 PM (A-308, Vikas Sadan, INA, New Delhi-110023); speaking order to be passed within a week and communicated within a further week; if the decision is adverse, no action against petitioner for two weeks from the date of decision. CM APPL. 55232/2025 allowed subject to all just exceptions; pending application stands disposed of.