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2025 Supreme(Online)(Del) 46753

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI
RAJESH VERMA VS. MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF DELHI AND ORS.
W.P.(C) 19609/2025



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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

+ W.P.(C) 19609/2025, CM APPL. 81962/2025 & CM APPL.

81963/2025

AFSHA .....Petitioner

Through: Mr. Amit Shrivastav and Ms. Uzma,

Advocates

versus

MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF DELHI & ORS. .....Respondents

Through: Mr. Izhar Ahmad, SPC for R-2 & 4

Mob: 9718369637

Email: advocate.izhar@gmail.com

Mr. Kumar Shashwat Singh Sawno,

SC with Mr. Shikhar Mishra,

Advocate for MCD

Mob: 9999488489

Email:

shashwat@sandalawoffices.com

Mr. Shashi Pratap Singh, Ms. Shagun

Sabharwal and Ms. Aiswarya Bhatia,

Advocates for R-3

Mob: 9560536975

Email: shashipratapadv@gmail.com

SI Kavish Rana PS Lahori Gate,

Delhi

Mob: 8826408024

Mr. Rishi Vohra, Mr. Shaikh

Bakhtiyar and Mr. Aditya Ranjan,

Advocates for R-5 to 7.

Mob: 9999498955

Email: rishi.vohra@yahoo.com

This is a digitally signed order.

The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.

The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 19/01/2026 at 22:18:37

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CORAM:

HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MINI PUSHKARNA

O R D E R

% 23.12.2025

1. The present writ petition has been filed seeking directions to

respondent nos. 1 to 4, to take action against the illegal and unauthorized

construction being raised by respondent nos. 5 to 7, at property bearing No.

1239/1, First Floor, Katra Hussain Mirza, Farash Khana, Delhi-110006.

2. Issue notice. Notice is accepted by learned counsels appearing for the

respondents.

3. Learned counsel appearing for respondent nos. 5 to 7, submits that the

petitioner had earlier filed a suit before the Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi, which

was subsequentlywithdrawn. He, thus, submits that the present writ petition,

is an abuse of process of law. He further submits that he is carrying out only

certain alterations in its property, after giving prior intimation to the

Municipal Corporation of Delhi (“MCD”) in this regard.

4. Learned counsel appearing for respondent no. 1-MCD has handed

over to this Court, documents pertaining to the booking of the property of

respondent nos. 5 to 7, for unauthorized construction. He further submits

that a Show Cause Notice dated 17th April, 2025, for unauthorized

construction on the ground floor and first floor of the property in question,

has alreadybeen issued.

5. Learned counsel appearing for the Special Task Force (“STF”)

submits that the complaint received by the STF has already been forwarded

to the MCD.

6. At this stage, learned counsel appearing for respondent nos. 5 to 7

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submits that there are deviations in the propertyof the petitioner also and the

same should also be looked into.

7. In response, learned counsel appearing for respondent no. 1-MCD

clarifies that the Show Cause Notice pertains to the property of the

petitioner, as well as respondent nos. 5 to 7.

8. Accordingly, let Status Report/reply be filed by the respondents,

within a period of four weeks, from today.

9. Rejoinder thereto, if any, be filed, within a period of two weeks,

thereafter.

10. In case of any on-going construction, the same shall be stopped

forthwith, by the Station House Officer (“SHO”), Police Station-Lahori

Gate.

11. List on 09th April, 2026.

MINI PUSHKARNA, J

DECEMBER 23, 2025/SK

This is a digitally signed order.

The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above.

The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 19/01/2026 at 22:18:37

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