MEENA RANA vs MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF DELHI

Judgment text excerpt

$~66 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 29.08.2025 + W.P.(C) 13191/2025 & CM APPL. 54090/2025 MEENA RANA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Junhai Prabhakar, Adv. Mob: 9582242743 Email: [email protected] versus MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Harshit Chopra, Adv. for R- 1/MCD Mob: 9911543883 Email: [email protected] CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MINI PUSHKARNA MINI PUSHKARNA, J: (ORAL) 1. The present writ petition has been filed seeking directions for quashing of the Vacation Notice, issued by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (“MCD”) dated 12th August, 2025, till the appeal filed on behalf of the petitioner before the Appellate Tribunal MCD (“ATMCD”), i.e., Appeal No. 593/2025, is heard by the ATMCD. 2. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is the occupant/owner of the property bearing No. JE-20, Fourth Floor, Left Side (Front Portion), Khirki Extension, Malviya Nagar, New Delhi-110017, ad measuring 60 sq. yrds. Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed Page 1 of 4 By:HARIOM SHARMA Signing Date:30.08.2025 11:18:56 3. It is submitted that the property in question was constructed in the year 2004, as per the Building Bye-Laws and has been fully occupied and inhabited since then. Further, the petitioner had carried out some repair and renovation work, on account of which a civil suit was filed in the District Court Saket, i.e., SC (SJ) No. 84869/2017, which is still pending. 4. It is submitted that the portion which was claimed to be illegal was demolished in the year 2017, and since then the petitioner has been maintaining status quo with respect to the property in question. 5. It is further submitted that the present writ petition has been filed with limited prayer that prot