notice, since the construction carried out by the petitioner in the said property is in deviation to the approved plan. Therefore, the petitioner preferred an Appeal as against the said order to the Secretary to Government Housing and Urban Development Department on 06.06.2019 and when the same is pending, the second respondent had issued a De-occupation notice under Section 56 sub section 2(A) and 57 read with Section 85 of the Act calling upon the petitioner to de-occupy the said premises within 15 days from the date of receipt of the said notice. Therefore, the petitioner had approached this Court by filing a writ petition in W.P. No.18727 of 2019 forbearing the respondents therein from acting or demolishing or locking and sealing the premises of the petitioner. This Court, without expressing an opinion on the merits of the case, directed the first respondent Secretary to Government to dispose of the stay application within 10 days from the date of receipt of a copy of the order. However, the first respondent rejected the Appeal filed by the petitioner on 27.05.2020. Aggrieved by the same, the petitioner has again come to this Court by filing Writ Petition in W.P. No.18221 of 2021 and this Court by order dated 14.09.2021, disposed of the writ petition with a direction to the petitioner to rectify the violations within 4 months. Pursuant to the same, when the petitioner engaged a contractor to rectify the violations and started the work, due to the increase of Covid cases between December 2021 and January 2022 and the lock down extended till the first week of February 2022 with certain restrictions by the State and Central Government, the work was halted during the said period. Therefore, the petitioner filed an application seeking extension of time to comply with the order dated 14.09.2021 passed by this Court in W.P. No.18221 of 2021. While so, the second respondent without considering the same, had locked and sealed the entire premises on 07.03.2022. As the third respondent is now taking steps to demolish the entire building put up by the petitioner, he is before this Court with the above prayer. Learned counsel for the petitioner further submitted that if the petitioner is given three months' time to carry out rectification of the defects pointed out by the respondents, no prejudice would be caused to anyone and a direction may be given to de-seal the property.
