JUDGEMENT

1. The present Writ Petition has been filed with the following prayers: “a) Issue a writ of certiorari or any other appropriate writ or direction thereby declaring the impugned notice dated 01.03.2024 as Illegal, arbitrary, perverse and void and / or Page 2 of 35 b) Issue appropriate writ in the nature of Mandamus or any Other writ or directions thereby directing the Respondent No.1 & 4 not to evict the Petitioners along with 200 families staying in the Khyber Pass Hostel hutments since last almost 73 years and further to direct the Respondent no.1, 2, 3 & 4 not to demolish the houses of the Petitioners which were allotted to them by the Respondent no.2 on rent from time to time.

c) Issue appropriate orders and directions to Respondents for the Rehabilitation and Relocation of the familles as per the Policy of the Respondent no. 4 i.e. Government of NCT of Delhi.

d) Any order/further order that this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper may be passed in favour of the Petitioners and against the Respondents.”

2. It is the case of the Petitioners that their parents and grand-parents were lawful occupants of Kyber Pass Hostel, Civil