Harvinder Singh Sethi Vs Govt of NCT of Delhi & Ors. — Delhi HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

Harvinder Singh Sethi Vs Govt of NCT of Delhi & Ors. — Delhi HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

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Outcome

Appeal not entertained; liberty granted to learned counsel for the appellant to approach the learned Single Judge, who was requested to expedite the writ petition proceedings and the interim-relief application.

Issue for consideration

Whether the Division Bench should entertain this intra-court appeal, given the appellant's contention that the learned Single Judge erred by not considering the prayer for grant of interim relief and by fixing the hearing date after the election date of 07.12.2025 fixed by letter dated 18.11.2025.

Court's answer

The Division Bench was not inclined to entertain the intra-court appeal for the simple reason that the learned Single Judge had not adjudicated the appellant's prayer for grant of interim relief.

Key takeaways

The Division Bench requested the learned Single Judge to expedite the proceedings of the writ petition and the application for grant of interim relief, and granted the appellant's counsel liberty to approach the learned Single Judge for that purpose.obiter¶14

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

LPA 726/2025 (with CM APPL. 75522/2025 & CM APPL. 75523/2025), High Court of Delhi at New Delhi, coram Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela, decided 02.12.2025. Harvinder Singh Sethi v. Govt of NCT of Delhi & Ors. The appellant took exception to the learned Single Judge's order dated 21.11.2025, by which notices were issued to the unserved respondents in the writ petition and the next hearing was fixed as 02.02.2026, while the letter dated 18.11.2025 under challenge in the writ petition fixes 07.12.2025 as the election date. Counsel submitted that the Single Judge erred by not considering the prayer for interim relief and by fixing the hearing after the election date. Having regard to the facts, the Division Bench was not inclined to entertain this intra-court appeal for the simple reason that the learned Single Judge had not adjudicated the prayer for grant of interim relief; it requested the Single Judge to expedite the proceedings of the writ petition and the interim-relief application, and granted the appellant's counsel liberty to approach the Single Judge. The appeal along with pending applications stands disposed of. No statutes or precedent cases cited.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

- LPA 726/2025, CM APPL. 75522/2025 & CM APPL. 75523/2025

HARVINDER SINGH SETHI .....Appellant Through: Mr.A.Maithi with Ms.Radhika Chander Sekhar, Ms.Parul Sharma, Advs.

versus

GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr.Abhinav Sharma, Adv for R-1 & 2.

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

O R D E R % 02.12.2025

Heard the learned counsel for the appellant.

This appeal seeks to take exception to an order dated 21.11.2025 whereby notices have been issued by the learned Single Judge to the unserved respondents in the writ petition and the next date has been fixed as 02.02.2026.

Submission of learned counsel for the appellant is that by the letter dated 18.11.2025, which is under challenge before the learned Single Judge in the proceedings of the writ petition, 07.12.2025 is fixed as the date of election and, therefore, the learned Single Judge has erred by not considering the prayer made for grant of interim relief and fixing the date of hearing after the date of election.

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Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, we are not inclined to entertain this intra-court appeal for the simple reason that the learned Single Judge has not adjudicated the prayer for grant of interim relief as urged by the appellant. However, we request the learned Single Judge to expedite the proceedings of the writ petition and the application for grant of interim relief. For the said purpose, learned counsel for the appellant is granted liberty to approach the learned Single Judge.

With the aforesaid observations, the appeal along with pending applications stands disposed of.

DEVENDRA KUMAR UPADHYAYA, CJ

TUSHAR RAO GEDELA, J

DECEMBER 2, 2025 S.Rawat

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 03/12/2025 at 12:02:18