SMT GEETA vs MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF DELHI

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$~68 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision:14th October, 2025 + W.P.(C) 15723/2025, CM APPL. 64391/2025 & CM APPL. 64392/2025 SMT GEETA .....Petitioner Through: Ms. Chanchala Sharma and Ms. Kavita Krishnia, Advs. (Through VC) Mob: 8766235144 Email: [email protected] versus MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Sanjeev Sabharwal, SC for MCD with Ms. Shweta Singh, Advocates Mob: 9810031680 Email: [email protected] CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MINI PUSHKARNA MINI PUSHKARNA, J. (Oral): 1. The present petition has been filed on behalf of the petitioner seeking directions to the respondent-Municipal Corporation of Delhi (“MCD”), not to take any coercive action, including, any demolition in respect of the petitioner’s property bearing No. 2486, Gali No. 12, Bihari Colony, Shahdara, Delhi, till the application/appeal of the petitioner pending before the Appellate Tribunal Municipal Corporation of Delhi (“ATMCD”), is heard. 2. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that respondent- MCD had issued a Show Cause Notice and a Demolition Order in respect of Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed Page 1 of 3 By:HARIOM SHARMA Signing Date:15.10.2025 09:12:21 the property in question, in the year 2022. Being aggrieved by the same, the petitioner had preferred a statutory appeal before the ATMCD, registered as Appeal No. 90/2024. It is submitted that interim protection was granted on 26th February, 2024. However, the interim stay was vacated on 01 st May, 2025, since there was no appearance on behalf of the petitioner and her counsel. 3. It is submitted that the petitioner could not attend the proceedings as her son was hospitalized, and the counsel had been engaged in Bar elections, so was unable to remain present. Thu