Gaurav Ahlawat v. Municipal Corporation of Delhi & Ors.

Delhi HC23 Feb 2026W.P.(C)/18518/2025

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Unauthorised construction; Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD); demolition order 08.12.2025; demolition action 06.02.2026 (third-floor roof slab); watch and ward letter; SHO PS Bara Hindu Rao; Appellate Tribunal MCD (ATMCD); regularisation application; no coercive steps; property no. 4153-4174 Sadar Bazar New Delhi-110006; Show Cause Notice 29.09.2025; petition disposed with direction to MCD to act on appeal outcome; liberty to seek impleadment before ATMCD; prior order in W.P.(C) 15375/2025 re personal hearing; Justice Amit Bansal.

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Petition disposed of: respondent no.1/MCD directed to take appropriate action based on the outcome of the owner/occupier's appeal before the ATMCD; petitioner given liberty to seek impleadment before the ATMCD. ¶¶23

Gaurav Ahlawat Vs Municipal Corporation of Delhi & Ors. — Delhi HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

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- W.P.(C) 18518/2025

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GAURAV AHLAWAT .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Samman Vardhan Gautam, Mr. Priyam Tiwari, Ms. Khushi Sharma and Ms. Anshika Priyadarshini, Advocates (Through videoconferencing). versus MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF DELHI & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Ms. Mansi Gupta, Advocate (Through video-conferencing) Mr. Imran Khan, Ms. Aarushi Jain and Mr. Divyansh Rawal, Advocates for R-4 (Through videoconferencing). Mr. Kameshwar Nath Mishra, Sr. Panel Counsel with Ms. Vidya Mishra, Advocate and SI Satish Kumar, PS- BARA Hindu Rao. Mr. Sandeep Aggarwal, Senior Adv. with Mr. Ayush Gupta, Advocate, for owner of property.

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CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT BANSAL

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O R D E R 23.02.2026

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The present writ petition has been filed seeking directions to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), to take requisite action against the unauthorised construction existing in property bearing no. 4153-4174, Sadar

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W.P.(C) 18518/2025

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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 25/02/2026 at 15:39:52

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Bazar, New Delhi-110006 (hereinafter ‘subject property’), pursuant to the Show Cause Notice dated 29^th September, 2025.

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Counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that earlier, vide an order dated 8^th October 2025, passed in W.P.(C) 15375/2025, titled as “ Gaurav Ahlawat v. Municipal Corporation of Delhi & Ors. ”, this Court had noted that a personal hearing was being granted to the owner/occupier of the property in question by the MCD.

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However, it is submitted that till date, no speaking order has been passed by the MCD. Rather, the unauthorised construction has been allowed to be completed.

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This Court, while issuing notice in the writ petition on 5^th December, 2025, had expressed a serious concern that, despite the fact that the property has been booked for unauthorised construction, the owner/occupier of the property has been permitted to carry on with the construction. Accordingly, the respondent no.1/MCD and respondent no.2/SHO were directed to file an explanation along with an action taken report.

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Pursuant to the aforesaid, a status report has been filed on behalf of respondent no.1/MCD on 20^th February 2026, wherein it is stated that a demolition order for the unauthorised construction on the ground floor, first floor, second floor and third floor, as also projection on the municipal land on the aforesaid floor was passed on 8^th December, 2025. Subsequently, demolition action was fixed for 6^th February 2026 and the roof slab of the third floor was demolished. A watch and ward letter dated 6^th February 2026 was also issued to the concerned SHO, PS Bara Hindu Rao, Delhi.

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It is stated in the status report that the owner/occupier of the subject property has filed an appeal before the Appellate Tribunal, MCD

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W.P.(C) 18518/2025

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(‘ATMCD’), wherein on 12^th February 2026, an order has been passed that till the time the regularisation application filed by the owner/occupier is not decided, no coercive steps shall be taken in respect of said property.

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In paragraph no.7 of the status report, the respondent no.1/MCD has given an explanation in terms of the order passed by this Court on 5^th December, 2025.

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A status report has also been filed by the PS Bara Hindu Rao stating that the demolition action has been taken against the subject property on 6^th February, 2026 and adequate police force was duly provided for the same. 9. In view of the fact that ATMCD is seized of the unauthorised construction in the subject property, the present petition is disposed of, with a direction that the respondent no.1/MCD shall take appropriate action based on the outcome of the appeal filed by the private respondent.

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Liberty is given to the petitioner to seek impleadment before the ATMCD.

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AMIT BANSAL, J

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FEBRUARY 23, 2026/JYH

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W.P.(C) 18518/2025

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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 25/02/2026 at 15:39:52

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