M/S NIMITAYA PROPERTIES LTD & ANR vs INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LTD & ORS

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment reserved on:08.08.2025 Judgment pronounced on:18.08.2025 + LPA 633/2019 and CM APPL. 43007/2019 M/S NIMITAYA PROPERTIES LTD & ANR .....Appellant Through: Mr. Sanjiv Sen, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Rohit Gandhi, Mr. Adhish Srivasthva, Mr. Vidur Marwar, Mr. Gaurve Chouhan , Mr. Varun Trivedi, Ms. Anjali Singh, Adv. Mr. Prahalad Balaji, Mr. Hargun Singh Kalra, Ms. Akshita Nigam and Mr. Sidharth Kaushik, Advs. versus INDIAN OIL CORPORATION LTD & ORS .....Respondents Through: Mr. Jayant K. Sud, Sr. Adv. with Mrs. Priya Puri, Ms. Shayal Anand, Mr. Sahib Kochhar, Mr. Sai Manik Sud, Mr. Sachin Dubey and Mr. Aryan Mishra, Advs. for R-1. Ms. Sonia A. Menon and Ms. Varsha Advs. for R-2. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KSHETARPAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH VAIDYANATHAN SHANKAR JUDGMENT ANIL KSHETARPAL, J. 1. The present Intra Court Appeal has been filed by the Appellants (Writ Petitioners) under Clause 10 of the Letter Patent Appeal of the Lahore High Court, assailing the correctness of the Judgment/Order Signature Not Verified LPA 633/2019 Page 1 of 8 Signed By:JAI NARAYAN Signing Date:18.08.2025 12:29:12 passed on 02.08.2019 by the Learned Single Judge, while disposing of the Writ Petition. 2. The relevant facts in brief are required to be noticed, to comprehend the issues involved in the present Appeal. 3. The Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. [hereinafter referred to as „IOCL‟] purchased a plot [hereinafter referred to as „suit property‟], located in Village Pehar Khurad, Rajpura, Patiala (Punjab), from Mr. Shabeg Singh S/o Mr. Narain Singh, on 31.12.1990. The suit property measures 13467.6 square yards, which is equivalent to 13 bigha and 6 biswa. 4. Subsequently, bids were invited by IOCL to sell the suit property. The Appellants/Petit