Ajay Kumar v. Public Works Department and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
tehbazari Timarpur demolition 05.02.2026; PWD MCD joint anti-encroachment drive; fabricated tehbazari licences; unscrupulous officials of MCD; Ravi Goel affidavit; Executive Engineer PWD affidavit M-413; Inquiry Committee letters 11.09.2020 W.P.(C) 3061 3062; Committee formation 08.04.2026 Ward No. 11; Article 226 additional term of reference (v); action against erring officials connivance conspiracy; Town Vending Committee scrutiny; water logging drains manholes de-silting Drainage Master Plan; TPDDL electricity disconnection; SHO PS Timarpur monitoring; no reinstatement of vends until Committee report; alternate site accommodation valid licence holders; petitions disposed 13.04.2026; compliance 22.05.2026; Kaushal Yadav Nandlal Kumar Mishra for petitioners.
What did the court decide?
No immediate restoration of vends. All petitions and pending applications disposed of with directions: (i) interim bar on any Petitioner setting up or re-installing vends in the Timarpur area until the MCD Committee's report; (ii) Committee (with Court-added term of reference (v) under Article 226 on action against erring officials) to complete scrutiny within one month and name erring officials; (iii) Petitioners found to be valid tehbazari licence holders to be considered thereafter for accommodation, including allotment of an alternate site, if required; (iv) PWD to proceed with de-silting/drain and manhole clearance with full MCD/DDA cooperation, lay road and pavements, and file its report; (v) SHO, PS Timarpur's monitoring directions from the 6th April 2026 order to continue till further orders; compliance and reports listed for 22nd May, 2026.