Smt Longi Devi v. New Delhi Municipal Council & Anr.
Case brief
What is this about?
W.P.(C) 17671/2024 (CM APPL. 75220/2024 & 75221/2024), Smt Longi Devi & Anr. v. New Delhi Municipal Council & Anr., High Court of Delhi at New Delhi, bench Chandra Dhari Singh, J. & Anoop Kumar Mendiratta, J., order dated 17.01.2025. Petition under Article 226 seeking mandamus for occupancy and operation of Tehbazari Space No. 166M-09, opposite shop No. 169, Sarojini Nagar Market, allotted by NDMC to Petitioner No. 1; merits not adjudicated — petition disposed via innocuous-prayer route: detailed representation/application with petition copy and certified Order to NDMC Enforcement Department within one week; competent authority to hear petitioners and give reasoned order within four weeks. Relevant to Tehbazari/allotment disputes resolved through representation-and-authority-review rather than direct writ relief.
What did the court decide?
No substantive adjudication of the Tehbazari-space claim; petitioners authorised to submit a detailed representation/application (with a copy of the petition and a certified copy of the Order) to the Enforcement Department, NDMC, within one week, and that competent authority is bound to hear the petitioners and issue a detailed, reasoned decision in accordance with law, preferably within four weeks.