VINITA NAGPAL vs UNION OF INDIA & ANR.

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$~J * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment pronounced on: 16.09.2025 + W.P.(C) 14991/2024 VINITA NAGPAL .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Avishkar Singhvi, Advocate along with Mr. Kaushaljeet Kait, Mr. Naved Ahmed and Mr. Daksh Gupta and Ms. Akriti Manubarwala, Advocates. versus UNION OF INDIA & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Ms. Manisha Agrawal Narain, CGSC along with Mr. Sandeep Singh Somaria and Mr. Nipun Jain, Advocates for UOI. Mr. Pinaki Mishra, Sr. Adv. alongwith Mr. J. K. Bhola, Mr. Mohit Mittal and Ms. Muskan Bhola, Advocates for R-3. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SACHIN DATTA JUDGMENT 1. The present petition has been filed by the petitioner seeking that the respondent no.2/Defence Estate Office, Delhi Cantonment (hereinafter referred as “the DEO”) be directed to mutate the name of the petitioner in the proportionate area of land admeasuring 111.20 sq. mtrs. being Survey no. 11/1/20 known as Plot no. 20, Chanan Singh Park, Delhi Cantt -110010 (hereinafter referred as the “subject property”). Further, the petitioner also Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:ROHIT W.P.(C) 14991/2024 Page 1 of 20 KUMAR PATEL Signing Date:16.09.2025 16:22:44 seeks to assail (i) a letter dated 30.05.2016 issued by the respondent no.2, whereby, respondent no.2 declined to mutate the subject property in favour of the petitioner; (ii) the mutation entry in favour of respondent no.3/Ms. Parul Batra (impleaded vide order dated 11.04.2024 passed in the present proceedings) qua the subject property, entered in the land records dated 26.09.2016. 2. The background of the matter is that the consolidated property i.e., land admeasuring 417 sq. mtrs. bearing Survey no. 11/1, Chanan Singh Park, Delhi Cantonment (in which petitioner claims rights qua the subject property) was original