MADAN LAL MALHOTRA vs MCD

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 13th May, 2026 W.P.(C) 2241/2012 MADAN LAL MALHOTRA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Anish Kumar Maggo, Advocate. versus MCD .....Respondent Through: Ms. Sangeeta Chandra, Advocate. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT BANSAL AMIT BANSAL, J. (Oral) 1. The present writ petition has been filed seeking quashing of the order dated 17th November, 2011, passed by the respondent/MCD whereby the tehbazari granted to the petitioner at a plot near 33/16 Ashok Nagar, New Delhi, was cancelled. 2. The brief facts necessary for deciding the present petition are as follows: i. In the year 1970, MCD allotted a tehbazari site near 33/16 Ashok Nagar, New Delhi, to the petitioner’s father for running a coal depot and storage of coal. ii. Subsequently, the said tehbazari site was transferred in favour of the petitioner on 19th June, 1979, and the license of the coal depot of the said site was also transferred in the name of the petitioner. iii. The petitioner has been running the coal depot at the Tehbazari site 1994. iv. In 1994, the Government of NCT of Delhi banned coal distribution and prohibited coal depots in Delhi. As a result, the petitioner app