RAVI PRAKASH MEHROTRA vs DELHI DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY THROUGH THE VICE CHAIRMAN & ANR.

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$~J * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment pronounced on: 20.02.2026 + W.P.(C) 14421/2022 and CM APPLs.2918/2023, 27873/2025, 40473/2025 RAVI PRAKASH MEHROTRA ..... Petitioner Through: Mr. Ankit Agarwal, Mr. Apoorv Srivastava and Mr. Koustabh Desai, Advocates. versus DELHI DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY THROUGH THE VICE CHAIRMAN & ANR. ..... Respondents Through: Mr. Tushar Sannu, Ms. Pulak Gupta, Mr. Parvin Bansal and Ms. Aqsa, Advocates for DDA. Mr. Amit Gupta, SPC along with Mr. Vidur Dwivedi, Mr. Atik Gill and Mr. Karan Rawal, Advocates for UOI. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SACHIN DATTA JUDGMENT 1. The present petition has been filed by the petitioner, who is an Advocate, seeking appropriate directions against the respondents, to clear his outstanding professional fee bills. The prayers, as framed in the present petition, are as under:- “a. issue an appropriate writ, order or direction in the nature of MANDAMUS, directing Respondent nos. 1 and 2 to settle the outstanding professional fee bills of the Petitioner, forthwith, and to compensate him with grant of interest for the inordinate delay and harassment caused; b. pass any other order as this Hon’ble Court may deem fit and proper in the interest of equity, justice and fair play and in the facts and circumstances of the case.” Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:ROHIT W.P.(C) 14421/2022 Page 1 of 23 KUMAR PATEL Signing Date:20.02.2026 20:54:53 2. It is submitted that the petitioner was engaged as Special Counsel on 15.10.2013 by the Ministry of Urban Development (now Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs) to represent the said Ministry as well as the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) before the National Green Tribunal (‘NGT’) in O.A. No. 300/2013 titled as “Manoj Kumar Misra & Another v. Union of India &