Cp Singh Vs Lieutenant Governor & Ors. — Delhi HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

Cp Singh Vs Lieutenant Governor & Ors. — Delhi HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Writ petition disposed of with a direction to the State Government to ensure the students' studies in the school concerned are not hampered, to provide separate entries/exits for students and office attendees if physically possible, and requiring the concerned authority of the Education Department to immediately conduct a survey and take an appropriate decision in the interest of the students; pending application also stands disposed of.

Issue for consideration

Whether this public interest litigation warrants a direction to the respondents not to shift/relocate or transfer the office of the Deputy Director of Education, GNCTD, presently located at Zone-6, C-Block, Dilshad Garden, Delhi. +1 more

Court's answer

This court does not find any reason to interfere with the government's decision to relocate or shift the office of the Deputy Director of Education from one place to another.

Ratio / Principle

The concern raised by the petitioner regarding appropriate safety measures and creation of an adequate friendly environment for the students being imparted education cannot be overlooked notwithstanding non-interference with the relocation decision.

Key takeaways

Direction to the State Government to take appropriate measures so that the studies of the students in the school concerned (part of which is to house the relocated office) are not hampered; if physically possible, provision of separate entries/exits for students and for persons attending the office; and immediate conduct of a survey by the concerned authority of the Education Department to take an appropriate decision warranted in the interest of the students.ratio¶19

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

High Court of Delhi (Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya, CJ & Tushar Rao Gedela, J), Order dated 03.09.2025 on W.P.(C) 13495/2025 & CM APPL. 55393/2025: A public interest litigation petition by CP Singh sought a direction to the respondents not to shift/relocate or transfer the office of the Deputy Director of Education, GNCTD, from Zone-6, C-Block, Dilshad Garden, Delhi, contending that the proposed relocation to a co-ed school at Sunder Nagri (boys/girls up to 8th standard, girls in morning shift, boys in evening shift) would hinder education and create safety concerns owing to expected heavy footfall and absence of separate entries/exits. The court declined to interfere with the government's decision to relocate the office, but held that the petitioner's concern regarding appropriate safety measures and a student-friendly environment could not be overlooked. The writ petition was disposed of with directions to the State Government to ensure the students' studies are not hampered in any manner, to provide separate entries/exits for students and office attendees if physically possible, and requiring the concerned authority of the Education Department to immediately conduct a survey and decide what is warranted in the students' interest. Pending application likewise disposed of.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

- W.P.(C) 13495/2025 & CM APPL. 55393/2025

CP SINGH .....Petitioner

Through: Mr. Pankaj Balwan and Mr. Utkarsh, Advocates.

versus LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Sameer Vashisht, Standing Counsel (Civil) with Mr. Manashwy Jha and Ms. Harshita Nathrani, Advocates for GNCTD.

CORAM:

HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE TUSHAR RAO GEDELA

O R D E R

% 03.09.2025

Heard the learned counsel for the parties.

This public interest litigation petition has been filed seeking a direction to the respondents not to shift/relocate or transfer the office of the Deputy Director of Education, GNCTD, which is presently located at Zone-6, C-Block, Dilshad Garden, Delhi.

The submission of the learned counsel for the petitioner is that the office of the Deputy Director of Education, GNCTD, is being shifted to a school situated at Sunder Nagri, Delhi, where education is being imparted both to the boys and girls students upto 8^th standard and relocation of the office shall hinder their education and also cause some safety concerns. The petitioner also states that in the morning shift, it is the girls students who are attending the school and in the evening shift, it is the boys.

The submission thus is that on account of heavy footfall which is expected in the office of the Deputy Director of Education, there may be some

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safety concerns to the students for the reason that there are no separate entries/exits for the students and those who will be employed in the office of the Deputy Director of Education

So far as the decision of the government to relocate or shift the office of the Deputy Director of Education from a particular place to another place is concerned, we do not find any reason to interfere in such a decision, however the concern raised by the petitioner regarding appropriate safety measures and creation of adequate friendly environment for the students being imparted education cannot be overlooked.

Accordingly, we dispose of this writ petition with the direction to the State Government to take appropriate measures so that the studies of the students in the school concerned in part of which the office of the Deputy Director of Education, is sought to be shifted is not hampered in any manner and for the said purpose, if it is physically possible, the government shall make provision for separate entries/exits for the students and for the persons attending the office of the Deputy Director of Education. For the said purpose, the concerned authority of the Education Department shall immediately conduct a survey and take appropriate decision which may be warranted in the interest of the students, as culled out above.

The writ petition is thus, disposed of in the aforesaid terms.

Pending application also stands disposed of.

DEVENDRA KUMAR UPADHYAYA, CJ

TUSHAR RAO GEDELA, J

SEPTEMBER 3, 2025/ kct

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