JUDGMENT

Anup Jairam Bhambhani J.

1. By way of the present petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner, who is a widow about 78 years of age, impugns order dated 09.11.2022 passed by the Tehsildar (Land Acquisition), Mehrauli, New Delhi, thereby declining the petitioner's application for issuance of a No-objection Certificate (`NoC') to enable registration of a sale deed in respect of agricultural land bearing Khasra No. 91/2 situate in Village: Chandanhula, Tehsil: Mehrauli, New Delhi ad-measuring about 13 bigha and 10 biswa. (`subject land').

BRIEF FACTS

2. Briefly, the facts relevant for purposes of deciding the present petition are the following:

2.1. The petitioner and her husband purchased the subject land sometime in 1983 and constructed thereupon a farm house with a boundary wall, where the petitioner has been residing ever since.

2.2. The subject land is governed by the provisions of East Punjab Holdings (Prevention of Fragmentation) Act, 1948 (`EPH Act').

2.3. On 26.04.2003, the Consolidation Officer of Village Chandanhula passed a General Order (Robkar) which inter-alia said the following:

"It is hereby announced that the `Scheme' of consolidati