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4123/2025 NEW DELHI MUNICIPAL COUNCIL AND ANR .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Siddhant Nath, Adv.

versus NARESH VERMA .....Respondent Through:

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY DIGPAUL

ORDER (ORAL)

% 22.01.2025 C. HARI SHANKAR, J.

1. This is yet another case covered by the judgment of the Supreme Court in State of Punjab v Rafiq Masih , [(2015) 4 SCC 334] one of the many of which clog the docket of this Court on a daily basis.

2. We are frankly at a loss as to why the executive authorities are not able to come to terms with the judgment in Rafiq Masih rendered over a decade ago in 2014. It is clear, from the number of petitions, covered by Rafiq Masih, with which we are plagued day after day, that the decision is not palatable to the executive. It is time, however,

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that the executives learn to accept the law laid down by the Supreme Court, which is a constitutional mandate not only under Article 141 but also under Article 144.

3. Nonetheless, these petitions continue to be filed and we c