PRANEET SINGH DAVAR & ORS. vs MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF DELHI

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 27th January, 2026 W.P.(C) 8125/2024 PRANEET SINGH DAVAR & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Akshay Makhija, Senior Advocate with Ms. Roshni Namboodiry, Advocate. versus MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Ms. Sunieta Ojha & Ms. Vasudha Priyancha, Advocates. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT BANSAL AMIT BANSAL, J. (Oral) 1. The present writ petition has been filed seeking a direction to the respondent/Municipal Corporation of Delhi (‘MCD’) to mutate/transfer the property situated at A-1, Greater Kailash 1, New Delhi (hereinafter the ‘subject property’), in the names of the petitioners. 2. It is the case of the petitioners that the aforesaid property came to the share of the petitioners in terms of a family settlement. Based on the aforesaid family settlement, a decree was passed by this Court on 12th November, 2020 in CS (OS) 2540/2015, titled “M/s L.S. Davar & Company & Ors. v. Praneet Singh Davar”. 3. The Registry of this Court did not demand stamp duty at the time of preparation of the decree. Subsequently, on 5th April, 2021 the aforesaid 4. On 21st January, 2021, the petitioners filed an application b