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Rites Ltd. v. Municipal Corporation of Delhi

Delhi HC2 Apr 2026LPA/185/2026

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What is this about?

RITES Ltd v Municipal Corporation of Delhi; LPA 185/2026 (CM APPL. 20730-20732/2026); High Court of Delhi; decided 02.04.2026 by Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya, C.J. and Tejas Karia, J. Letters Patent Appeal against interim order dated 29.04.2025 of learned Single Judge in W.P. (C) 13292/2022 dismissed as withdrawn at appellant's request; Single Judge requested to expedite writ petition disposal; liberty to apply for early hearing. Withdrawal of appeal; expedite writ petition; no law laid down; no statute or precedent cited; cite only for procedural course, if at all.

What did the court decide?

Appeal permitted to be withdrawn and dismissed as withdrawn; learned Single Judge requested to expedite and dispose of W.P. (C) 13292/2022 at the earliest; liberty granted to move an application for early hearing of the writ petition. ¶¶11

Rites Ltd. Vs Municipal Corporation of Delhi — Delhi HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

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Issue for consideration

Whether the appellant may be permitted to withdraw the appeal, with observations being made for early disposal of the underlying writ petition W.P. (C) 13292/2022.

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Court's answer

The appeal is dismissed as withdrawn, leave to withdraw having been sought by the appellant after argument.

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Ratio / Principle

The learned Single Judge is requested to expedite the proceedings of W.P. (C) 13292/2022 and dispose of the writ petition as early as possible.

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Key takeaways

The appellant is permitted to move an application for early hearing of the writ petition, and if such an application is moved, the learned Single Judge is requested to consider the prayer and take appropriate decision thereon.ratio¶¶15

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

High Court of Delhi at New Delhi (Division Bench: Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya, C.J. and Tejas Karia, J.), LPA 185/2026 with CM APPL. 20730/2026, 20731/2026 & 20732/2026 — RITES Ltd. v. Municipal Corporation of Delhi, order dated 02.04.2026. The appeal, directed against the learned Single Judge's interim order dated 29.04.2025 in W.P. (C) 13292/2022, was not pressed to judgment: counsel for the appellant, after arguing at some length, sought leave to withdraw, asking only that observations be made so the writ petition is decided early. The Bench dismissed the appeal as withdrawn, requested the learned Single Judge to expedite the proceedings of W.P. (C) 13292/2022 and dispose of it as early as possible, and permitted the appellant to move an application for early hearing, which the learned Single Judge was requested to consider. Notably, the writ petition had been listed for final hearing on 17.07.2025 but remained undecided. No substantive adjudication on merits; no statute or precedent discussed; of limited precedential value.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

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- LPA 185/2026, CM APPL. 20730/2026, CM APPL. 20731/2026 & CM APPL. 20732/2026

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RITES LTD .....Appellant Through: Mr. Vardhman Kaushik, Mr. Arindam Sarin & Mr. Vaibhav V. Nath, Advocates.

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versus

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MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Tushar Saxena & Mr. Pulak Gupta, Advocates for MCD with Mr. Shyam Vimal (Officer).

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CORAM: HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE TEJAS KARIA O R D E R % 02.04.2026

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Heard the learned Counsel for the Parties.

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The learned Counsel for the Appellant, after arguing at some length, states that the Appellant may be permitted to withdraw the Appeal, however, some observations may be made so that the writ petition itself is decided at an early date.

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The learned Single Judge while passing the interim order dated 29.04.2025, which is under challenge herein, had noticed that the writ petition itself was listed for final hearing on 17.07.2025, however, it appears that the Petition could not be decided on the said date and even thereafter.

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In the aforesaid circumstances, we dismiss the Appeal as withdrawn.

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However, we request the learned Single Judge to expedite the proceedings of W.P. (C) 13292/2022 and dispose it of as early as possible.

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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 07/04/2026 at 12:22:22

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We also permit the Appellant to move an application for early hearing of the writ petition. If any such application is moved, the learned Single Judge is requested to consider such prayer and take appropriate decision thereon.

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DEVENDRA KUMAR UPADHYAYA, CJ

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TEJAS KARIA, J

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APRIL 2, 2026/ da

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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 07/04/2026 at 12:22:22

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