S. Muralidhar, J.

Syed Mirza and Ors.

Vs.

Union of India and Ors.

Writ Petition (C) No. 724 of 1990

Decided On: 15.02.2008

Advocates Appeared :

For Appellant/Petitioner/Plaintiff: Ashok Aggarwal and Jawahar Raja, Advs.

For Respondents/Defendant: Sanjeev Sahay, Adv. for L and B and GNCTD and Gaurav Duggal, Adv. for Ministry of Home Affairs, Freedom Fighters’ Rehabilitation Division

Subject: Property

Cases Referred:

Custodian v. Jafran Begum AIR 1968 SC 169;

Kundan Lal v. Hari Ram AIR 1981 Delhi 144;

Karadia Jetha Kana v. Managing Officer-cum-Collector AIR 1981 Gujarat 27;

Union of India v. Seth Sat Narain 18 (1980) DLT 490;

ITC Bhadrachalam Paperboards v. Mandal Revenue Officer, Andhra Pradesh (1996) 6 SCC 634;

Azimunissa v. The Deputy Custodian, Evacuee Properties, District Deoria AIR 1961 SC 365;

Pankaj Jain Agencies v. Union of India; Forward Construction Co. v. Prabhat Mandal (Regd.) (1986) 1 SCC 100

JUDGMENT

S. Muralidhar, J.

1. Seven residents of House No. 1/378 (old) 661(new) Gali Nalbandan, Kashmere Gate (‘the Gali Nalbandan property’), Delhi filed this petition on 8th February 1990 seeking inter alias a declaration that the Gali Nalbandan property is n