RAVI RANJAN SINGH vs DELHI DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY & ANR.

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment reserved on: 22 May 2025 Judgment pronounced on: 30 May 2025 + W.P.(C) 3656/2024, CM APPL. 15122/2024 & CM APPL. 40295/2024 RAVI RANJAN SINGH ..... Petitioner Through: Mr. R.K. Bali and Ms. Meghna Bali, Advs. versus DELHI DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY & ANR. ..... Respondents Through: Ms. Prabhsahay Kaur, SC with Ms. Deeksha L. Kakar, Mr. Aditya Verma, Mr. Rashneet Singh, Ms. Sana Parveen, Advs. for R-1/DDA with Mr. Bijendra Kumar/DD and Mr. Kamleshwari Pandit/Naib Tehsildar. Mr. Arnav Kumar, CGSC with Ms. Savi Garg, Adv. for R2/UOI/Ministry of Home Affairs. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DHARMESH SHARMA JUDGMENT 1. The petitioner herein, who appears to be a public-spirited person, has espoused the cause of approximately 800 Hindu refugees from Pakistan, by invoking the extraordinary jurisdiction of this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, 1950, to seek the following Signature Not Verified W.P.(C) 3656/2024 Digitally Signed By:PRAMOD Page 1 of 14 KUMAR VATS Signing Date:30.05.2025 17:09:51 reliefs against the respondents herein by way of the present writ petition: “It is therefore most respectfully prayed that in view of the facts and circumstances stated above, the respondent DDA may be directed not to disturb/demolish the Pakistani Hindu refugee camp at Majnu Ka Tila till some alternative piece of land is allotted to the residents in view of the policy of the government to give shelter to the non- Muslim minorities from the countries like Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh as per the Citizenship Amendment Act 2019 in the interest of justice. It is further prayed that the respondent DDA may be directed to make embankments along the river Yamuna so that these types of colonies and religious structures may be p