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2026 Supreme(Online)(Del) 803

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI
Amit Bansal, J
Jeet Singh – Appellant
Versus
Commissioner of Mcd – Respondent
W.P.(C) 14727/2025 | W.P.(C) 16185/2025

Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: M.K. Khan, Aman Mirza
For the Respondents: Umakant Mishra, Sushant Gautam, Kavindra Kumar Gill, Rahul Kumar Sharma, Kamaldeep, Shiv Dutt Kaushik, Kunal Mittal, Pramod Kumar, Azhar Kamal Quadri

Where an appeal against a demolition order is pending before the Appellate Tribunal, the authority must maintain status quo as directed by the Tribunal, while regularization applications are considered according to municipal rules.

Headnote:This case pertains to petitions seeking directions against unauthorized construction in a residential property. The court observed that the property had already been booked and a demolition order had been issued by the local municipal authority. It was noted that a parallel writ petition filed by the owner of the subject property concerning the same demolition order had been disposed of, pending the outcome of an appeal before the Appellate Tribunal MCD (ATMCD), with a stay granted until the next date of hearing. Issues raised involved determining whether the municipal authority should take further action amidst pending tribunal proceedings. The court reasoned that in light of existing directions from a coordinate bench, the municipal authority must abide by the status quo directed by the tribunal's timeline while the property owner's regularization application is processed in accordance with rules. The writ petitions were disposed of with a direction that the municipal authority shall act in accordance with the outcome of the tribunal proceedings.

Table of Content
1. court intervention against unauthorized construction. (Para 1 , 2 , 3)
2. effect of parallel litigation and tribunal appeals. (Para 4 , 5 , 6)
3. binding nature of prior directions and regularization processes. (Para 7 , 8 , 9)

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT BANSAL

O R D E R

09.01.2026

W.P.(C) 14727/2025 and W.P.(C) 16185/2025

1. The present writ petition has been filed seeking directions to the respondent nos.1 to 5, to take action against the unauthorized construction in House No. E 58, Village Hiranki, Main Chowk, Delhi-110036, being carried out by the respondent no. 6.

2. Status report has been handed over on behalf of the respondent/MCD in Court and the same is taken on record.

3. As per the status report, the subject property has been booked on 17th October, 2025 and demolition order has been passed on 11th November, 2025.

4. Counsel appearing on behalf of the private party/ respondent no.6 has handed over an order dated 6th December, 2025 passed in W.P.(C) 18574/2025, which was filed by the respondent no.6 herein.

5. The said writ petition was filed by the respondent no.6 against the demolition order dated 11th November, 2025 passed by the respondent/MCD in respect of the same property which is the subject matter of the present petition.

6. The said writ petition was disposed of after taking note of the submission of the petitioner therein that an appeal has been filed before the Appellate Tribunal MCD (hereinafter referred to as ‘ATMCD’). The said petition was disposed of on 6th December, 2025 directing that MCD shall not take action against the petitioner therein (respondent no.6 herein) till the next date of hearing before ATMCD, i.e., 12th February, 2026. Further, a direction was issued to the petitioner not to carry out any unauthorized construction in the said property.

6.1. Copy of the said order has been handed over in Court and is taken on record.

7. Accordingly, MCD shall take action in respect of the subject property based on the outcome of the decision of the ATMCD.

8. It is further stated on behalf of respondent no.6 that an application for regularization of construction has been filed by the respondent no.6 and is under process as per rules.

8.1. Needless to state, the aforesaid application shall be considered by MCD in accordance with the rules.

9. Considering the aforesaid submissions, both the writ petitions stand disposed of.

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2026 Supreme(Online)(Del) 803

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHIAmit Bansal, JJeet Singh – AppellantVersusCommissioner of Mcd – RespondentW.P.(C) 14727/2025 | W.P.(C) 16185/2025

Where an appeal against a demolition order is pending before the Appellate Tribunal, the authority must maintain status quo as directed by the Tribunal, while regularization applications are considered according to municipal rules.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI
Amit Bansal, J
Jeet Singh – Appellant
Versus
Commissioner of Mcd – Respondent
W.P.(C) 14727/2025 | W.P.(C) 16185/2025