PARENTS TEACHER ASSOCIATION OF PP INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL THROUGH MS. HARPREET KAUR vs DELHI DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY & ANR.

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$~241 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision:20th January, 2025 + W.P.(C) 711/2025 & CM APPL. 3521/2025 & CM APPL. 3522/2025 PARENTS TEACHER ASSOCIATION OF PP INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL THROUGH MS. HARPREET KAUR .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Ajjay Aroraa, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Kartik Kumar and Mr. Nitish Dubey, Advocates. versus DELHI DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. R.K. Dhawan, Standing Counsel for DDA with Ms. Nisha Dhawan, Mr. V.K. Teng and Mr. Naman Kumar Thakur, Advocates for respondent No.1. Ms. Jyoti Taneja, Advocate for respondent No.2. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ JAIN J U D G M E N T (oral) 1. Petitioner is the ‘Parents Teacher Association’ of PP International School situated at Pitampura, Delhi. 2. According to the petitioner Association, there is one public park adjacent to the school. 3. There is one gate in the boundary wall touching both the premises i.e. the school and the above said public park. Such gate is used by school only in case of evacuation related emergency. It is submitted that as per the recent decision taken by DDA, the above said permission has been recalled and they have, thus, denied the use of the Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed W.P.(C) 711/2025 1 By:SONIA THAPLIYAL Signing Date:21.01.2025 15:20:30 above said gate by the school, even when there is any such acute emergency. 4. Reference in this regard has been made to the communication dated 06.01.2025 sent by Horticulture Division of DDA to the school. 5. Learned counsel for respondent No.1/DDA and learned counsel for respondent No.2/PP International School appear on advance notice and accept notice. 6. Learned counsel for respondent No.2/PP International School also submits that the facility of above said gate should not have been r