E MOHD BASHEER SAIT vs MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF DELHI

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$~63 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 11th September, 2025 + W.P.(C) 14044/2025 E MOHD BASHEER SAIT .....Petitioner Through: Ms. Parul Agarwal, Adv. Mob: 9873416566 Email: [email protected] versus MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Vipul Garg and Mr. Adarsh Shesha, Advs. Mob: 8700614239 Email: [email protected] CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MINI PUSHKARNA MINI PUSHKARNA, J (ORAL): 1. The present writ petition has been filed seeking directions to the respondent-Municipal Corporation of Delhi (“MCD”) not to execute the Demolition Order dated 18th August, 2025. 2. It is submitted that the petitioner resides at the property, bearing Flat No. 104, Block-A, Tenth Floor, Vijay Co-Operative Group Housing Society Ltd., Plot No.17, Sector-18-A, Dwarka, New Delhi-110075, against which the impugned Demolition Order has been issued. 3. It is further submitted that the petitioner, i.e., Mr. E. Mohd. Basheer Sait had purchased the property in question from its previous owner, i.e., Shri Ripon Goyal, by way of a registered Sale Deed dated 04th August, 2014, and since then the petitioner is in lawful owner and in possession of Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:HARIOM SHARMA Signing Date:12.09.2025 14:51:46 the property in question. 4. It is further submitted that the Show Cause Notice dated 29th July, 2025, was not served to the petitioner. It was only on 19th August, 2025, that the guard of the society, where the property in question is situated, handed over the said Show Cause Notice to the petitioner. 5. It is submitted that the said Show Cause Notice is not in the name of the petitioner, thereby rendering the same void ab initio. 6. It is further submitted that thereafter the petitioner filed his reply before the res