Gaurav Bansal & Ors. v. Govt of NCT of Delhi & Ors.

Delhi HC20 Jul 2026W.P.(C)/9769/2026

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What is this about?

Loni Road widening tender demarcation earmarking survey Gol Chakkar GT Road Shahdara; compliance with Delhi High Court orders 27.09.2023 (W.P.(C) 12814/2023) and 12.03.2026 (W.P.(C) 3193/2026); GNCTD/DDA/MCD undertaking recorded and respondents bound; no road widening without compliance; writ petition and pending CM application disposed; Amit Bansal J; 20 July 2026.

What did the court decide?

Petition disposed of on the strength of respondents' recorded undertaking, to which they are bound: the tender is confined to demarcation purposes, and no road widening exercise shall be undertaken without compliance with the Court's orders dated 27.09.2023 and 12.03.2026; the pending application is also disposed of. ¶¶27

Gaurav Bansal & Ors. Vs Govt of NCT of Delhi & Ors. — Delhi HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

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Outcome

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Issue for consideration

Whether the tender awarded by the respondents for demarcation/earmarking survey for widening of Loni Road (Gol Chakkar to GT Road, Shahdara) may proceed consistently with the Court's prior orders dated 27.09.2023 and 12.03.2026, and whether road widening can be undertaken only in compliance with those orders.

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Court's answer

On GNCTD counsel's advance-notice submission, recorded and made binding on the respondents: the tender awarded by the respondents is only for the purposes of demarcation.

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Ratio / Principle

Recorded and binding on the respondents: the road widening exercise shall not be undertaken without compliance with the previous orders passed by this Court on 27.09.2023 and 12.03.2026.

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Key takeaways

Taking the respondents' statement on record and binding them to it, the present writ petition is disposed of.ratio¶¶27
The pending application also stands disposed of.ratio¶¶32

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Delhi High Court (Amit Bansal, J), order dated 20.07.2026 in W.P.(C) 9769/2026 & CM APPL. 45529/2026: Petitioners (Gaurav Bansal & Ors.), who had earlier obtained orders dated 27.09.2023 (W.P.(C) 12814/2023) and 12.03.2026 (W.P.(C) 3193/2026), raised a grievance that the respondents had awarded a tender for demarcation/earmarking survey for widening of Loni Road (Gol Chakkar to GT Road, Shahdara). Counsel for GNCTD, on advance notice, submitted that the tender is only for the purposes of demarcation and that the road widening exercise shall not be undertaken without compliance with the previous orders of 27.09.2023 and 12.03.2026. The Court took the statement on record, bound the respondents to it, and disposed of the writ petition along with the pending application.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

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- W.P.(C) 9769/2026 & CM APPL. 45529/2026

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GAURAV BANSAL & ORS. .....Petitioners

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Through: Mr. Sanjay Abbott and Mr. Nitesh Gupta, Advocates.

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versus

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GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Ms. Kritika Gupta, Ms. Anamika Tyagi and Mr. Shubham Sharma, Advocates for DDA. Mr. Kapil Dutta, Advocate for MCD. Tushar Sannu, Advocate for GNCTD.

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CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT BANSAL

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O R D E R 20.07.2026

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The present writ petition has been filed seeking the following reliefs:

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W.P.(C) 9769/2026

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Page 1 of 4

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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 22/07/2026 at 12:50:55

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Earlier, the petitioner had filed writ petitions before this Court being W.P.(C) 12814/2023 and W.P.(C) 3193/2026, which were disposed of by this Court vide orders dated 27^th September, 2023 and 12^th March, 2026 respectively.

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The operative part of the order dated 27^th September, 2023 passed in W.P.(C) 12814/2023 is set out below:

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W.P.(C) 9769/2026

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Page 2 of 4

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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 22/07/2026 at 12:50:55

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The operative part of the order dated 12^th March, 2026 passed in W.P.(C) 3193/2026 is set out below:

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The grievance of the petitioner is that the respondents have now awarded a tender for demarcation/earmarking survey for the widening of the Loni Road (from Gol Chakkar to GT Road, Shahdara).

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Issue notice.

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Notice is accepted by counsel appearing for respondents.

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Counsel appearing on behalf of respondent-GNCTD on advance notice submits that the aforesaid tender is only for the purposes of demarcation and road widening exercise shall not be undertaken without compliance with the previous orders passed by this Court on 27^th September, 2023 and 12^th March, 2026.

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Taking the aforesaid statement on record and binding the respondents to the same, the present writ petition is disposed of.

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W.P.(C) 9769/2026

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Page 3 of 4

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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 22/07/2026 at 12:50:55

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The pending application also stands disposed of.

AMIT BANSAL, J

JULY 20, 2026

Vivek/-

W.P.(C) 9769/2026

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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 22/07/2026 at 12:50:55

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