RAMESH SHARMA vs GOVERNMENT OF N.C.T. OF DELHI & ORS.

$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment reserved on: 15.09.2025 Judgment pronounced on: 08.10.2025 LPA 346/2020 RAMESH SHARMA .....Appellant Through: Mr. D.N. Goburdhun, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Archit Chauhan, Mr. Attin Shankar Rastogi, Mr. Shivkant Arora, Mr. Adil Vasudeva and Ms. Saloni, Advs. versus GOVERNMENT OF N.C.T. OF DELHI & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Abhinav Sharma, Adv. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KSHETARPAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH VAIDYANATHAN SHANKAR JUDGMENT ANIL KSHETARPAL, J. 1. Through the present Appeal, the Appellant assails the correctness of an order passed on 20.05.2020 in W.P.(C) 3560/2018 [hereinafter referred to as „Impugned Order‟], wherein the learned Single Judge has upheld the impounding of the Relinquishment Deeds [hereinafter referred to as „RDs‟], on account of deficient stamp duty by treating them as Gift Deeds. FACTUAL MATRIX 2. The dispute in the present case arises from the property bearing 3. Thus, now the suit property is jointly owned by the Appellant and his mother, with a half share each. Further, on 20.03.2013, Smt. Shanti Devi passed away, leaving behind the Appellant and his five sisters as the Class-I legal heirs