DELHI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT LTD. vs MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF DELHI

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 11th September, 2025 + W.P.(C) 17894/2024, CM APPL. 76150/2024, 1930/2025, 4042/2025, 4081/2025 and 4082/2025 DELHI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT LTD. .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Rajiv Nayar, Senior Advocate with Ms. Anuradha Dutt, Mr. Anish Kapur, Ms. Suman Yadav, Mr. Raghav Dutt and Mr. Gurudas Khurana, Advocates. versus MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Sanjay Jain and Ms. Malvika Trivedi, Senior Advocates with Mr. Tushar Sannu, Standing Counsel, Mr. Priyankar Tiwari, Mr. Shivam, Ms. Palak Jain, Mr. Nishank Tripathi and Mr. Shailendra Salaria, Advocates for Respondent/ MCD along with Mr. Sang Priya Shakya and Mr. Ravi, Ex. Engineer. Mr. Kaushal Kapoor, Advocate for applicant in CM APPL. 1930/2025. CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE JYOTI SINGH JUDGEMENT JYOTI SINGH, J. 1. Petitioner/Delhi International Airport Ltd. (‘DIAL’) has filed this petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for a direction to Municipal Corporation of Delhi (‘MCD’) to exclude the Airport Zone from its Tender Notice dated 28.11.2024, whereby MCD invited tenders for setting up Material Recovery Facility (‘MRF’) for management of dry solid waste in Najafgarh Zone on Public Private Partnership (‘PPP’) on Design, Build, Finance, Operate and Transfer Basis. Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed W.P.(C) 17894/2024 Page 1 of 57 By:KAMAL KUMAR Signing Date:15.09.2025 10:47:25 2. Case of DIAL, as set out in the petition is that MCD issued a Tender Notice on 28.11.2024 for setting up MRF for temporary storage, segregation, sorting and recovery of recyclables/non-recyclables/RDF (refused derived fuel)/inert from Municipal Solid Waste (‘MSW’)/dry waste in Najafgarh Zone and further sale/disposal as per terms and condi