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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Reserved on: 31.08.2022 Pronounced on: 01.11.2022 + W.P.(C) 2350/2011 and CM APPL. 5011/2011 AGHUM BAHL ..... Petitioner Through: Mr. Rajiv Aneja, Adv.

versus DSIIDC AND ANR ..... Respondents Through: Ms. Anusuya Salwan, Mr. Bankim Garg and Mr. Shakaib Khan, Advs.

or DSIIDC/Respondent 1 Mr. Anuj Aggarwal, ASC with Ms. Ayushi Bansal, Mr. Sanyam Suri and Ms. Aoshya Singh, Advs. for Respondent 2 CORAM:

HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR % J U D G M E N T

01.11.2022

1. The petitioner is the sole proprietor of Aghum Enterprises, which was running an industrial unit in the Samaipur Badli industrial area, involved in manufacture of moulded sports and rubber belts since March 1979. The unit remained functional till June 1998, when the petitioner shifted to the Libaspur industrial area.

2. The issue of relocation of industrial units situated in the city of Delhi, to suburban areas in the National Capital Region (NCR) was examined, in detail, by the Supreme Court, resulting in an order passed on 8th July 1996 in M.C. Mehta v. Union of India1, which directed that industrial units within Delhi be relocated to other areas in the NCR.

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