NEW DELHI MUNICIPAL COUNCIL vs RABI GHOSH

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$~39 and 40 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of decision: 11th March, 2026 + CM(M) 152/2021 & CM APPL. 61443/2025 NEW DELHI MUNICIPAL COUNCIL .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Sriharsha Peechara, Standing Counsel with Mr. Sumit Ganguli, Ms. Ravicha Sharma, Ms. Shruti Aggarwal & Mr. Akash Sharma, Advocates. versus RABI GHOSH .....Respondent Through: Mr. Sanjeev Sagar, Senior Advocate with Mr. Tarun Khanna, Mr. Chander Vijay Sharma, Ms. Annu Gupta, Mr. Ammar Mustafa & Ms. Sana Zaidi, Advocates. 40 + W.P.(C) 17451/2024, CM APPL. 43301/2025 & CM APPL. 61435/2025 RABI GHOSH .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Sanjeev Sagar, Senior Advocate with Mr. Tarun Khanna, Mr. Chander Vijay Sharma, Ms. Annu Gupta, Mr. Ammar Mustafa & Ms. Sana Zaidi, Advocates. versus NEW DELHI MUNICIPAL COUNCIL .....Respondent Through: Mr. Sriharsha Peechara, Standing Counsel with Mr. Sumit Ganguli, Ms. Ravicha Sharma, Ms. Shruti Aggarwal & Mr. Akash Sharma, Advocates. Signature Not Verified Signed By:VIVEK CM(M) 152/2021 & W.P.(C) 17451/2024 Page 1 of 10 MISHRA Signing Date:18.03.2026 12:27:11 CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT BANSAL AMIT BANSAL, J. (Oral) 1. CM(M) 152//2021 has been filed on behalf of NDMC seeking setting aside of the order dated 1st February 2020 passed by the District and Sessions Judge, South East District, Saket Courts, Delhi in PPA No. 7/2019 titled NDMC v. Rabi Ghosh. 2. W.P.(C) 17451/2024 has been filed seeking setting aside of the order dated 22nd December 2022 (hereinafter ‘impugned order’) passed by NDMC and a direction to NDMC to renew the license deed of Mr. Rabi Ghosh for Shop-cum-flat no. 27, Main Market, Lodhi Road, New Delhi (hereinafter ‘subject property’) with effect from 1st April 2015. 3. Since both these petitions arise from the same set of facts and are betwee