MAHARANI BAGH CO-OPERATIVE HOUSE BUILDING AND WELFARE SOCIETY LTD., & ANR. vs UNION OF INDIA& ORS.

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$~1 (SDB) * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 3rd May, 2025 + W.P.(C) 13190/2024 & CM APPL.26747/2025, 26748/2025, 26749/2025, 26750/2025 MAHARANI BAGH CO-OPERATIVE HOUSE BUILDING AND WELFARE SOCIETY LTD., & ANR. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. A.N. Haksar, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Udayan Jain, Mr. Ranjan Mishra and Mr. Harsh Jaiswal, Advs. (M:88589 74684 ) versus UNION OF INDIA& ORS. .....Respondents Through: Ms. Prabhsahay Kaur (Standing Counsel DDA), Ms. Deeksha L. Kakar (Panel Lawyer, DDA), Mr. Aditya Verma, Adv., Ms. Kavya Shukla, Adv., Mr. Rashneet Singh, Adv. Ms. Sana Parveen, Adv. Officers Present: Ashutosh (Executive Engineer), Gaurav Meena (AE), Vikash (AD), Vishnu Kumar JSA PM-UDAY, Vimal Kumar JSA PM-UDAY. (M:8858999883) Mr. Pawan Reley, Mr. Akshay Lodhi, Mr. Gaurav Kumar, Mr. Kashif Athar, Ms. Simran Singh & Mr. Tanish Rawat, Advs. for Applicants in CM APPL.26747-50/2025. (M:8447343516) Mr. Anuj Chaturvedi, Adv. for DUSIB. CORAM: JUSTICE PRATHIBA M. SINGH JUSTICE MANMEET PRITAM SINGH ARORA W.P.(C) 13190/2024 Page 1 of 15 Signature Not Verified Signed By:HEMANT PRATAP SINGH Signing Date:03.05.2025 21:31:43 Prathiba M. Singh, J. (Oral) 1. This hearing has been done through hybrid mode. CM. APPL. 26750/2025(for exemption) 2. Allowed subject to all just exceptions. Application disposed of. CM. APPL. 26747/2025(for impleadment), CM. APPL. 26748/2025 (for modification) and CM. APPL. 26749/2025 (for stay) in W.P.(C) 13190/2024 3. A conjoint reading of the order dated 20th December 2024 along with the order dated 28th February, 2025 shall reveal that the Court inter alia had empowered the Special Task Force (hereinafter ‘STF’) to remove any obstruction or encroachment that hampered the reconstruction of the drain in the following terms: 8.⁠ ⁠It is cl