UNION BANK OF INDIA vs DELHI JAL BOARD & ORS.

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment Reserved on: 13th March, 2026 Judgment pronounced on: 28th March, 2026 + W.P.(C) 17743/2025 & CM APPL. 73375-73376/2025, CM APPL. 10722/2026 UNION BANK OF INDIA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Sandeep Bajaj, Ms. Swastika Kumari, Ms. Aakansha Nehra and Mr. Mayank Biyani, Advocates. versus DELHI JAL BOARD & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Sanjay Jain Senior Advocate with Mr. Tushar Sannu, Mr. Nishank Tripathi, Ms. Harshita Sukhija, Ms. Rishika Agrawal and Ms. Priya Tyagi, Advocates. Mr. T. Sundar Ramanathan & Ms. Sukanya Viswanathan, Advocates for R-2 CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT BANSAL JUDGMENT AMIT BANSAL, J. 1. The present writ petition has been filed on behalf of Union Bank of India, which portrays itself to be a secured creditor and successor-in-interest, administering the Package-II of the Interceptor Sewer Project (ISP) (hereinafter ‘Project’) works of the erstwhile M/s Pratibha- Mosinzhstroi Signature Not Verified Signed By:DHARMENDER W.P.(C) 17743/2025 Page 1 of 15 SINGH Signing Date:28.03.2026 11:51:56 Consortium (now under liquidation), to assail and seek quashing of the termination letter dated 12th November, 2025. 2. Brief facts necessary for adjudication of the present writ petition are set out below: 2.1. In the year 2011, the respondent no.1/DJB, with a view to abate the pollution of the River Yamuna, decided to lay interceptor sewers along the three major drains, namely Najafgarh, Supplementary, and Shahdara and appointed the respondent no.2/Engineers India Limited (EIL) as a Project Management Consultant for the same. 2.2. The respondent no.2/EIL floated a tender document for design and construction of the aforesaid interceptor sewers along with Operation and Maintenance (‘O&M’) of the aforesaid int