RAMJI LAL & ORS vs DELHI TRANSPORT CORPORATION

* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Judgment reserved on: 29.01.2026 % Judgment delivered on: 23.05.2026 LPA 217/2017 RAMJI LAL & ORS .....Appellants versus DELHI TRANSPORT CORPORATION .....Respondent AND LPA 356/2022 & CM APPL. 25422/2022 CHANDER PRAKASH AND ORS .....Appellants versus DELHI TRANSPORT CORPORATION .....Respondent Advocates who appeared in these cases For the Appellants : Mr. S. S. Sastry, Mr. Navin Kumar, Mr. Brijesh Tiwari and Mr. Umesh Kumar, Advocates in LPA 217/2017. Mr. Jawahar Raja, Ms. L. Gangmei and Ms. Meghna De, Advocates in LPA 356/2022. For the Respondent : Ms. Manisha Tyagi, Advocate. CORAM: HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE TEJAS KARIA 1. The present intra-court Appeals have been filed challenging the order dated 17.08.2016 (“Impugned Order”) passed in W.P.(C) 4989/2016 and W.P.(C) 6948/2016s (“Writ Petitions”) respectively, dismissing the same in limine. FACTUAL MATRIX 2. The Appellants were among the Petitioners in the Writ Petitions, which came to be dismissed in limine by the learned Single Judge vide the Impugned Order, when the matters were listed for filing of reply/counter- affidavit by the Respondent. 3. The Appellants were a