DIRECTORATE OF ESTATES MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS vs RAJIV SARIN & ORS.

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment reserved on: 08.01.2026 Judgment pronounced on: 20.01.2026 Judgment uploaded on: 20.01.2026 + RFA(OS)(COMM) 34/2025, CM APPL. 70773/2025, CM APPL. 70774/2025 and CM APPL. 70775/2025 DIRECTORATE OF ESTATES MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS .....Appellant Through: Mr. Syed Abdul Haseeb, CGSC with Ms. Nasreen Khatoon, Adv. versus RAJIV SARIN & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Sidhant Kumar, Ms. Shagun Chopra, Mr. Vinayak Thakur, Mr. Om Batra, Advs. for R-1. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KSHETARPAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT MAHAJAN JUDGMENT ANIL KSHETARPAL, J. 1. The present appeal has been filed assailing the judgment and decree passed by the Learned Single Judge [hereinafter referred to as „LSJ‟] on 02.05.2025, whereby the civil suit instituted by the Respondent Nos.1, 2 and 3 herein, came to be decreed in their favour and against the Appellant [hereinafter referred to as „IJ‟]. Signature Not Verified Signed By:JAI NARAYAN Signing Date:20.01.2026 RFA(OS)(COMM) 34/2025 Page 1 of 24 15:33:11 2. For the sake of clarity, consistency and ease of reference, the parties in the present appeal shall be referred to in accordance with their respective status before the LSJ. FACTUAL BACKGROUND: 3. In order to comprehend the issues involved in the present case, the relevant facts in brief are required to be noticed. 4. The present proceedings trace its genesis to Flat No. 1108, Ansal Bhawan, Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi [hereinafter referred to as „the suit property‟], which admittedly belongs to the Plaintiffs, who came to acquire the ownership rights in the suit property through their mother, Mrs. Veera Sarin, acting as their constituted attorney, by virtue of Articles of Agreement dated 06.03.1972. 5. The suit proper