SH.GULZAR AHMED vs NORTH DELHI MUNICIPAL CORPORATION & ANR.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision: 15th January, 2025 W.P.(C) 128/2022 SH. GULZAR AHMED .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Anis Ahmed, Advocate along with Petitioner in person. versus NORTH DELHI MUNICIPAL CORPORATION & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Ms. Sunieta Ojha, Standing Counsel with Mr. Rajeev Kumar Pandey, Ms. Vasudha Priyansha and Ms. Vinita, Advocates CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE JYOTI SINGH JUDGEMENT JYOTI SINGH, J. (ORAL) 1. This writ petition is preferred on behalf of the Petitioner under Article 226 of the Constitution of India laying a challenge to impugned order dated 08.11.2021 whereby Respondents have rejected the application of the Petitioner for e-change of name/mutation with respect to property bearing House No. 988, Haveli Bakhtawar Khan, Madarsa Hussain Bux, Matia Mahal, Jama Masjid, Delhi (‘subject property’), on the ground that the Gift Deed by which the property has been transferred is not a valid instrument in the absence of registration and stamping. 2. It is the case of the Petitioner that late Sh. Abdul Nazeer purchased the subject property on 05.12.1963 by a duly registered Sale Deed from its 2012. 3. It is averred in the petition that