GANDHI KUSTH KRISHI SANSTHA vs EAST DELHI MUNICIPAL CORPORATION & ORS

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$~5 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of decision: 08th September, 2025 + W.P.(C) 1496/2017 & CM APPL. 6826/2017 GANDHI KUSTH KRISHI SANSTHA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Vijay Kinger, Advocate with Mr. Krishan Kumar, Mr. Hemant Kumar and Ms. Roopa Nagpal, Advocates Mob: 9868423615 Email: [email protected] versus EAST DELHI MUNICIPAL CORPORATION & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Sanjay Vashishtha, SC for MCD with Mr. Siddhartha Goswami, Mr. Aditya Sachdeva and Ms. Getanjali Reddy, Advocates Mob: 9643579702 Email: [email protected] Ms. Kanika Agnihotri, ASC with Ms. Suruchi Khandelwal, Advocates for DDA Mob: 9810980027 Email: [email protected] Mr. Shubham, Advocate for Mr. Abhinav Sharma, Panel Counsel, GNCTD CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MINI PUSHKARNA MINI PUSHKARNA, J (ORAL): 1. The present writ petition has been filed seeking to quash the order dated 10th July, 2015, passed by respondent no. 2, i.e., Government of NCT of Delhi (“GNCTD”). There is a further prayer for restraining the respondent no. 1, i.e., Municipal Corporation of Delhi (“MCD”) from taking possession of the agricultural land and compound in Leprosy Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:HARIOM SHARMA W.P.(C) 1496/2017 Page 1 of 16 Signing Date:12.09.2025 16:01:32 Complex/Tahirpur Complex, Delhi. 2. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner relies upon the document filed by the petitioner with regard to the Jamabandi of village Jhilmil, Tahirpur Tehsil and District, Delhi. By referring to the aforesaid revenue record, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the land in question has been handed over to the petitioner, as a tenant. It is submitted that the petitioner has been cultivating crops, and are in settled possession of the land in questio