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2025 Supreme(Online)(Del) 2773

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI
Justice Rohit, J
Vijendra Gupta – Appellant
Versus
Government of NCT of Delhi – Respondent


Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: Mr. Mahesh Jethmalani, Senior Counsel
For the Respondents: Mr. Sudhir Nandrajog, Senior Counsel, Mr. Rahul Mehra, Senior Counsel

Table of Content
1. constitutional obligation to table cag reports. (Para 1 , 2 , 4 , 5 , 6)
2. filing of petition under constitutional obligations (Para 3)
3. delay in forwarding cag reports to the assembly. (Para 7 , 9)
4. process and delays in tabling cag reports (Para 8)
5. respondents' actions lead to further delay. (Para 10 , 12 , 14)
6. violation of constitutional and statutory duties. (Para 16 , 17 , 19)
7. arguments on withholding cag reports (Para 18 , 20)
8. speaker's authority over legislative assembly. (Para 21 , 22 , 24)
9. mandatory nature of laying cag reports. (Para 30 , 31 , 32 , 38)
10. court's discretion in mandamus issuance. (Para 39 , 45)
11. conclusion on petition’s outcome. (Para 48)
12. mandatory constitutional imperative to lay cag reports (Para 49)

JUDGMENT

1. The present petition has been filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India , inter-alia, seeking the following prayer/s:-

“(a) issue an appropriate writ, order(s) or direction(s) in the nature of mandamus or any other appropriate writ directing Respondent No. 1 and 2 to forward the 14 CAG Reports in a time bound manner to the Respondent No. 3 and further direct Respondent No. 3 to take all necessary and c

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