DANISH AHMED vs MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF DELHI

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$~52 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 2nd February, 2026 Uploaded on: 4th February, 2026 + W.P.(C) 14221/2025 DANISH AHMED .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Sudhir Kumar Ojha, Adv. versus MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Ms. Namrata Mukim, SC for MCD, Ms Niharika Singh and Ms. Sakshi Saxena, Advs. CORAM: JUSTICE PRATHIBA M. SINGH JUSTICE MADHU JAIN Prathiba M. Singh, J. (Oral) 1. This hearing has been through hybrid mode. 2. The present petition has been filed by the Petitioner- Danish Ahmed under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India, inter alia, seeking issuance of an appropriate writ directing the Respondents for issuance of relocation letter as also a Tehbazari site in favour of the Petitioner, who claims to be a Tehbazari site holder in Bapu Market, Delhi. 3. The case of the Petitioner is that he was running a vend, selling readymade garments at Bapu Market in front of Gandhi Maidan Parking, Chandni Chowk, Delhi-110006. According to the Petitioner, the Tehbazari holders were evicted from the said Bapu Market site for development of a multi-level car parking facility. 4. The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (hereinafter, ‘MCD’), according Signature Not Verified Signed By:RENUKA NEGI W.P.(C) 14221/2025 Page 1 of 4 Signing Date:04.02.2026 19:48:44 to the Petitioner, had decided to re-locate them to Mata Sundari Marg, Delhi. 5. Ld. Counsel for the Petitioner submits that a notice was issued to Petitioner on 27th February, 2012 for change of/transfer of the Tehbazari site in the name of the Petitioner at Bapu Market, Delhi. Further, the Petitioner is stated to have deposited the charges of Rs. 1,00,000/- for which a receipt has also been filed on record. 6. The case of the Petitioner is that despite the repeated ord