PRINCE GUPTA vs NEW DELHI MUNICIPAL COUNCIL & ANR.

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$~56 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + LPA 117/2025, CM APPL. 9633-36/2025 PRINCE GUPTA .....Appellant Through: Dr. Amit George, Mr. Ankit Sinsinwar, Mr. Ravi Kumar, Mr. Gagan Deep Sharma, Mr. Purushotham Tiwari & Ms. Rupam Jha, Advocates. versus NEW DELHI MUNICIPAL COUNCIL & ANR. .....Respondents Through: None. % Date of Decision: 17th February, 2025 CORAM: HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE TUSHAR RAO GEDELA JUDGEMENT TUSHAR RAO GEDELA, J.: (ORAL) 1. Present letters patent appeal has been preferred under Clause X of the Letters Patent against the order dated 27.08.2024 (impugned order) passed by the learned Single Judge in W.P.(C) No.10390/2024 captioned Prince Gupta vs. New Delhi Municipal Council & Anr. and the subsequent order dated 10.01.2025 passed in Review Pet. 2/2025 filed in underlying writ petition against the aforementioned order. 2. The underlying writ petition was filed by the appellant/petitioner’s challenging the rejection of the appellant/petitioner’s representation seeking possession of the kiosk bearing No. 1-A/S, Vayu Bhawan, Rafi Marg, New Delhi by the Signature Not Verified LPA 117/2025 Page 1 of 8 Digitally Signed By:VINOD KUMAR Signing Date:21.02.2025 13:07:11 respondent-New Delhi Municipal Council ("NDMC"). The underlying writ petition was also dismissed by the learned Single Judge. 3. That, in the first round, against the dismissal of the underlying writ petition, appellant/petitioner had initially preferred an appeal bearing LPA No.888/2024 which was withdrawn simplicitor on 04.09.2024. However, appellant/petitioner moved an application in the aforementioned LPA, seeking liberty to file review of the impugned order, which too was dismissed on 01.10.2024. Against the same, the appellant/petitioner had preferred an SLP bein