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Naraina Jan Kalyan Sudhar Sanghthan v. Union of India & Ors.

Delhi HC17 Sept 2025W.P.(C)/9956/2021

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Naraina Jan Kalyan Sudhar Sanghthan v. Union of India & Ors., W.P.(C) 9956/2021 with CM APPL. 30716/2021 & CM APPL. 30718/2021, Delhi High Court, decided 17 September 2025 by Justice Mini Pushkarna. Encroachment removal sought on ridge-acquired land on Inderpuri Road occupied by Respondent No. 6 (SKR Public School / Bohrianwala Thalla Memorial Society); land belongs to DUSIB (not a party); Court directs DUSIB to act and sends order and DDA affidavit dated 21.02.2025 to CEO, DUSIB; petition and applications disposed.

What did the court decide?

Direction that DUSIB take requisite action for removal of encroachment over the land under its jurisdiction; copy of the order and of the DDA short affidavit dated 21st February, 2025 to be sent to the CEO of DUSIB; writ petition and pending applications disposed of. ¶10

Naraina Jan Kalyan Sudhar Sanghthan Vs Union of India & Ors. — Delhi HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

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Issue for consideration

Whether respondents 2 to 4 should remove the encroachment of Respondent No. 6, which is running its SKR Public School and Bohrianwala Thalla Memorial Society, on the ridge-acquired land on the main Inderpuri Road (leading from Pusa Gate, IARI to Inderpuri Bridge No. 26), and ensure no further encroachment on the said road.

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Court's answer

DUSIB shall take requisite action for removal of encroachment over the land under its jurisdiction.

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Ratio / Principle

Since DUSIB is not a party, a copy of this order together with the DDA short affidavit dated 21st February, 2025 (taken on record that day) shall be sent to the CEO of DUSIB for requisite action.

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Writ petition by Naraina Jan Kalyan Sudhar Sanghthan against Union of India & Ors., pending only on prayer (d) seeking removal of the encroachment by Respondent No. 6 — running SKR Public School and Bohrianwala Thalla Memorial Society — on the ridge-acquired land on the main Inderpuri Road, and prevention of further encroachment on the road. DDA, through a short affidavit dated 21.02.2025 taken on record, submitted that the land was handed over to Goswanmi Sati Kewalramji (Bohrianwala) Memorial Society (Regd.), that per the joint inspection report the society occupies far more land than allotted, and that the land belongs to DUSIB, which is not a party before the Court. Directing that DUSIB shall take requisite action for removal of encroachment over land under its jurisdiction, and ordering that a copy of the order and the DDA affidavit be sent to the CEO, DUSIB, the Court disposed of the writ petition along with pending applications. (Mini Pushkarna, J., 17.09.2025.)

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

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- W.P.(C) 9956/2021, CM APPL. 30716/2021 & CM APPL. 30718/2021

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NARAINA JAN KALYAN SUDHAR SANGHTHAN .....Petitioner

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Through: None

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versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. G.D. Chotmurada, Adv. for R-5 Ms. Shobhana Takiar, SC with Mr. Shivam Takiar and Mr. Prateek Dhir, Advs. for DDA

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Mr. Gaurav Sharma, SPC with Ms. Manpreet Kour, Adv. for UOI Mr. Anand Prakash, SC with Ms. Varsha Arya, Adv. for R-3

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CORAM:

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HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MINI PUSHKARNA

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None appears for the petitioner when the matter is called out.

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This Court notes that none had appeared for the petitioner even on the last date of hearing, though subsequently, the presence on behalf of the petitioner had been put after the matter was over.

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Learned counsel appearing for Delhi Development Authority (“DDA”) submits that the present writ petition is now pending only with respect to prayer (d), which reads as under:

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“xxx xxx xxx

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d) A writ or order or direction directing the respondents 2 to 4 to remove

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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 19/09/2025 at 12:22:36

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the encroachment of the Respondent No. 6 which is running its SKR Public School and Bohrianwala Thalla Memorial Society, on the ridge acquired land, on the main Inderpuri Road leading from Pusa Gate, Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARA) to Inderpuri Bridge No. 26 so that there could not be any traffic jam for the commuters and also to Respondent No. 4 to ascertain as to no further encroachment is made on the said main road;

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xxx xxx xxx”

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Learned counsel appearing for the DDA hands over a copy of short affidavit, which is taken on record. The relevant portion of the said affidavit filed on behalf of the DDA, reads as under:

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“xxx xxx xxx

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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 19/09/2025 at 12:22:36

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xxx xxx xxx”

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By referring to the aforesaid short affidavit, learned counsel appearing for the DDA submits that the land in question was handed over to Goswanmi Sati Kewalramji (Bohrianwala) Memorial Society (Regd.). She submits that as per the joint inspection report, it has been found that the society is in occupation of much more area of land than the land allotted to it.

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This Court further takes note of the submission that the land in question belongs to the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (“DUSIB”).

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DUSIB is not a party before this Court.

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Considering the submissions made before this Court, it is directed that the DUSIB shall take requisite action for removal of encroachment over the land under its jurisdiction.

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Since DUSIB is not a party, a copy of this order and the short affidavit on behalf of the DDA dated 21^st February, 2025, which has been taken on record today, shall be sent to the CEO of DUSIB for requisite action.

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With the aforesaid directions, the present writ petition, along with the pending applications, stands disposed of.

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MINI PUSHKARNA, J

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2025/KR

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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 19/09/2025 at 12:22:36

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