SURESH BABU vs GOVERNMENT OF NCT OF DELHI AND ORS

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$~33 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 2nd February, 2026 Uploaded on: 4th February, 2026 + W.P.(C) 18845/2025 SURESH BABU .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Madunesh Kumar Mishra, Adv. versus GOVERNMENT OF NCT OF DELHI AND ORS .....Respondents Through: Mr. Sriharsha Peechara, SC for NDMC with Mr Soumit Ganguli, Ms. Ravicha Sharma, Ms.Shruti Agarwal, Advs. CORAM: JUSTICE PRATHIBA M. SINGH JUSTICE MADHU JAIN Prathiba M. Singh, J. (Oral) 1. This hearing has been through hybrid mode. CM APPL. 78439/2025 (Exemption) 2. Allowed, subject to all just exceptions. Accordingly, the application is disposed of. W.P.(C) 18845/2025 & CM APPL. 78438/2025 3. The present petition is one of multiple petitions filed by the Petitioner for the same relief in respect of the vending site located at Opposite to Shop No. 129, Sarojini Nagar Market, New Delhi-110023. It is the petitioner’s claim that he has been squatting there since 1989. 4. The Petitioner’s case in respect of the same vending site was earlier considered in W.P.(C) 5488/2025 titled Suresh Babu v. Govt. of NCT of Signature Not Verified Signed By:RENUKA NEGI Signing Date:04.02.2026 17:58:51 Delhi and Ors. and vide a detailed order dated 29th April, 2025, the writ petition was dismissed. The said order is extracted hereunder for ready reference: “8. The details of the various writ petitions filed by the Petitioner which have been concealed from this Court are as under: i. W.P.(C) 5805/2017 titled Suresh Babu v. New Delhi Municipal Council & Anr. disposed of vide order dated 28th May, 2018, held as under: “We have heard the counsel for the parties. We see no reason to disbelieve the submissions made on behalf of the NDMC that the Sarojini Nagar Market has reached a saturation point. No additional person can be a