$~27 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 1529/2020 & CM APPL. 69589/2024 ANITA AGGARWAL .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Nikhil Singhla and Ms. Bhawna Chopra Rustagi, Advocates.

versus DELHI DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY .....Respondent Through: Mr. Naveen Raheja, Mr. Anant Vijay Singh and Ms. Apoorva Chandra, Advocates for DDA.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE JYOTI SINGH

O R D E R

% 11.12.2025

1. This writ petition is filed on behalf of the Petitioner under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for a direction to DDA to convert property bearing No. B-8, B Block, Main Market, Shopping Centre II, Phase I, Vivek Vihar, Delhi (‘subject property’) from leasehold to freehold as also to roll back the illegal claim of Rs. 6,85,453/- on account of misuser charges.

2. Case of the Petitioner as pleaded in the writ petition is that on 25.09.1969, mother of the Petitioner, namely, Smt. Ram Murti Devi received a letter from DDA to take over possession of the subject property. On 31.07.1971, father of the Petitioner, on behalf of his wife, sent a letter to DDA to execute the Lease Deed. On 19.08.1972, DDA wrote to Ram Murti to present herself before Sub-Registrar IV on 07.09.1972 for registration of