M/S CIVIC ENGINEERS (INDIA) vs SURENDER L. MEENA

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment reserved on : 03 March 2025 Judgment pronounced on : 24 March 2025 + CONT. CAS(C) 983/2022, CM APPL. 20768/2024 & CM APP. 57633/2024 M/S CIVIC ENGINEERS (INDIA) ..... Petitioner Through: Mr. Pawan Mathur, Adv. versus SURENDER L. MEENA .... Respondents Through: Mr. Rajiv Shukla, and Ms. Shivani Kapoor, Advs. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DHARMESH SHARMA JUDGEMENT 1. The present petition under Sections 11 and 12 of the Contempt of Courts Acts, 19711, read with Section 215 of the Constitution of India, 1951, has been preferred by the petitioner alleging that the respondent, who is an official of the Delhi Development Authority 2, has committed contempt of the order/directions dated 31.05.2022 in W.P.(C) 7412/2014, passed by this Court. FACTUAL BACKGROUND: 2. Shorn of unnecessary details, the petitioner herein is a partnership firm and Sh. Rajeev Arora is one of the partners of the said firm. The petitioner had filed W.P.(C) 7412/2014 seeking direction against the DDA to consider the application of the petitioner 1 CC Act 2 DDA Signature Not Verified CONT. CAS(C) 983/2022 Digitally Signed By:PRAMOD Page 1 of 15 KUMAR VATS Signing Date:24.03.2025 18:26:19 for conversion of the first floor of the flat, bearing No. B-9, Saket, New Delhi 3, from leasehold to freehold, based on the circular dated 05.05.2015. The petitioner submits that the DDA has objected to the said conversion on the ground that two flats have been constructed on the first floor of the subject property, which, in its view, constitutes a sub-division not permissible under the Scheme of Conversion. 3. The petitioner places reliance upon the circular dated 05.05.2015 4 issued by the DDA, which stipulates that where a property has been constructed in accordance wit