AMIT GUPTA vs PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT,

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$~8 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 13397/2021 and CM APPL. 42235/2021. Date of Decision: 23.02.2026 IN THE MATTER OF: AMIT GUPTA .....Petitioner Through: Ms. Jasmine Damkewala, Advocate. versus PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, .....Respondent Through: Ms. Harshita Nathrani, Advocate. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PURUSHAINDRA KUMAR KAURAV JUDGEMENT PURUSHAINDRA KUMAR KAURAV, J. (ORAL) 1. The petitioner claims to be resident of Paschim Vihar and is aggrieved by the manner in which the road of the society was constructed. It is his case that the respondent is adopting two parameters in the construction of the road of residential society. 2. It is submitted that there are six blocks in the residential society and in periphery of two blocks old concrete slab roads are being dismantled and in rest of four blocks concrete slabs road to be laid on old concrete slab. 3. Resultantly, in the four blocks flats on ground floor their level will come down and rain water shall enter into their houses. It is also submitted that one road is being laid without even dismantling old road due to which Signature Not Verified Signature Not Verified Signed By:AMIT KUMAR Signed SHARMA Signing Date:13.03.2026 By:PURUSHAINDRA 18:55:17 W.P.(C) 13397/2021 KUMAR KAURAV Page 1 of 3 the road level raises and level of houses at such road come down. The petitioner therefore has prayed for the following relief: “(a) Issue a writ, order and direction in the nature of Mandamus thereby directing the respondents to immediately stop the construction of road in the four blocks by relaying the road on the existing road; and (b) Issue a writ, order and direction in the nature of mandamus thereby directing all the respondents to make reparation upon the principles of restitution; and (c) Directing the r