GOKARAN PRASAD AWADHIYA vs DELHI TRAFFIC POLICE AND ANR

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$~32 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 29th July, 2025 + W.P.(C) 4638/2025 GOKARAN PRASAD AWADHIYA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Vishnu Deo Yadav, Adv. Mob: 9250746773 versus DELHI TRAFFIC POLICE AND ANR. .....Respondents Through: Ms. Snehlata, Adv. for Respondents Mob: 9146667353 Email: [email protected] ASI Devender Singh, Parvi Officer Traffic and ASI Bhagat Singh, Rohini Circle Mob: 9868357486 Email: [email protected] CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MINI PUSHKARNA MINI PUSHKARNA, J (ORAL): 1. The present writ petition has been filed praying for directions to the respondents to release vehicle bearing no. DL-4CAA-2234 to the petitioner, which has been seized by respondent no. 1, i.e., Delhi Traffic Police, vide Seizure Memo dated 20th March, 2025. 2. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the vehicle of the petitioner falls within the definition of End of Life Vehicles (“ELVs”), under the Motor Vehicle (Registration and Functions of Vehicle Scrapping Facility) Rules, 2021. He undertakes that the petitioner shall Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:HARIOM SHARMA Signing Date:31.07.2025 08:49:15 neither ply the vehicle within the limits of the National Capital Region (“NCR”) of Delhi, nor will he park the same in any public area in NCR of Delhi. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner draws the attention of this Court to the document pertaining to the allotment of a government accommodation to the petitioner, and the attached photographs of a garage, which accompanies the said accommodation. He, thus, submits that the petitioner shall park the vehicle only within the private limits in the said garage and shall not park it at any public place in Delhi NCR. 4. Learned counsel appearing for respondent no. 1, i