SANJIV GUPTA vs THE REGISTRAR OF COOPERATIVE SOCIETIES AND ORS

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$~193 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 25th February, 2026 Uploaded on: 27th February, 2026 + W.P.(C) 2651/2026 & CM APPL. 12899/2026, CM APPL. 12900/2026 SANJIV GUPTA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Abhinav Raghuvanshi (AOR), Mr. Avinash Tripathi, Mr. Akshat Rawat, Advs. versus THE REGISTRAR OF COOPERATIVE SOCIETIES AND ORS .....Respondents Through: Ms. Urvi Mohan, Adv. CORAM: JUSTICE PRATHIBA M. SINGH JUSTICE MADHU JAIN Prathiba M. Singh, J. (Oral) 1. This hearing has been done through hybrid mode. 2. This is yet another case which shows the harrowing experience that members of co-operative societies have to face and undergo for obtaining allotment of flats in their favour and for conversion of properties from lease- hold to free-hold. In each of such matters there are three main parties who cause significant delay running into decades in allotting the flats and permitting conversion. The said parties are: A. Registrar of Cooperative Societies (hereinafter, ‘RCS’); B. The concerned Co-operative Group Housing Society; and C. Delhi Development Authority (hereinafter, ‘DDA’). 3. The members of co-operative societies are made to run pillar to post Signature Not Verified Signed By:RENUKA NEGI W.P.(C) 2651/2026 Page 1 of 9 Signing Date:27.02.2026 16:55:08 between these three entities for years before they can get the title to their flats finalised with the authorities. The same is also evident from the facts of this case. 4. The brief facts of the present case are that on 13th October, 1991, the Petitioner-Shri Sanjiv Gupta and Smt. Usha Gupta i.e., Aunt of the Petitioner, became members of the Respondent No.2- Mitra Dweep Co-op. Group Housing Society Ltd. (hereinafter, ‘Society’) 5. Smt. Usha Gupta resigned from the membership of the Society on 11th