2024 Supreme(Online)(DEL) 521
HIGH COURT OF DELHI
MR. JUSTICE DHARMESH SHARMA, J
MANAV MANDIR MISSION TRUST – Appellant
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UNION OF INDIA & ORS. – Respondent
Mr.Sanjay Jain, Sr. Advocate with Mr.Abhijit Mittal, Mr.Anukalp Jain, Mr.Divynk Panwar, Mr.Nishank Tripathi, Ms.Palak Jain and Ms.Harshita Sukhija, Advocates. Ms.Monika Arora, CGSC with Mr.Subhrodeep Saha, Advocate for UoI. Ms.Manika Tripathi and Mr.Ashutosh Kaushik, Advocates for DDA. Mr.Alok Kumar, Mr.Varun Chandiok, Ms.Anubhi Goyal and Ms.Vinita Gugnani, Advocates for MCD/R-4. Mr.Sanjay Kumar Pathak, standing counsel with Ms.K.K.Kiran Pathak, Mr.Sunil Kumar Jha, Mr.M.S.Akhtar, Ms.Nidhi Thakur, Ms.Musarrat B. Hashmi, Mr.Mayank Arora and Mr.Mayank Madhu, Advocates for R-5/LAC.
JUDGEMENT1. The Petitioner Trust invokes the extra-ordinary jurisdiction of this Court by instituting the present writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, by seeking the following reliefs:
a) Declaring that the Petitioner Trust is a regularized institute engaged in Healthcare, Educational, Cultural and Religious (Spiritual) activities in terms of Zonal Development Plan for River Yamuna/Riverfront, Zone "O" (approved by the Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India vide letter number: K- 1201112312009-DDIB dated 08.03. 2010), notified in the gazette dated 10.08.2010; b) Alternatively, issue a Writ of Mandamus to the Respondent(s) to the effect that the Competent Committee regularizes the Petitioner Trust as an institute entitled to run its activities as per Zonal Development Plan for River Yamuna I River Front, Zone 'O' uninfluenced by the status of Land Acquisition by the Award dated 19.06.1992, keeping in view that the Petitioner otherwise qualifies all the requirements spelt out in the ZDP, 2010;
c) Quash the letter dated 03 .08 .2023 and set aside all actions taken in pursuance thereof and arising therefrom, at any time prior or subsequent thereto in
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