DDA STAFF RESIDENTS WELFARE ASSOCIATION REGD., SECTOR 23,DWARKA vs DELHI DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY THROUGH VICE CHAIRMAN

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$~29 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 12.05.2026 + LPA 349/2026, CM Nos.31597/2026 & 31598/2026 DDA STAFF RESIDENTS WELFARE ASSOCIATION REGD., SECTOR 23, DWARKA .....Appellant Through: Ms. Nandita Rao, Senior Advocate with Mr. Hemant Singh, Mr. Aman Bidhuri, Ms. Urvashi Jain & Mr. A. Gupta, Advocates. versus DELHI DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY THROUGH VICE CHAIRMAN .....Respondent Through: Ms. Prabhsahay Kaur, Mr. Bir Inder Singh & Mr. Aditya Verma, Advocates. CORAM: HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE TEJAS KARIA TEJAS KARIA, J. (ORAL) 1. The present intra-court Appeal has been preferred against order dated 13.04.2026 (“Impugned Order”) passed in W.P.(C) 4258/2017 (“Writ Petition”) filed by the Appellant, whereby the Writ Petition seeking direction to the Respondent to allot temporary allotted flats to Group-C & D employees residing in Sector-23, Dwarka at the current cost or take out scheme for allotment of flats to the said employees, was dismissed. 2. The Appellant is a registered association representing Group-C & D employees of Respondent, who were allotted residential flats in Sector-23, Dwarka (“Subject Flats”) in or around 2002, owing to non-availability of Signature Not Verified Signed By:NEELAM LPA 349/2026 Page 1 of 6 SHARMA Signing Date:16.05.2026 15:20:35 regular staff quarters. It is the case of the Appellant that the residential flats allotted to the members of the Appellant were never ‘staff quarters’, but were ordinary residential flats, forming part of DDA’s Sale Housing Stock, which were temporarily allotted to its employees only as an interim arrangement. The Appellant has contended that these flats form part of a larger residential housing pocket consisting MIG and other residential units, many of which were sold by D