$~79 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 1275/2026 RENU RANA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Uttam Datt, Senior Advocate with Ms. Zoya Mehta, Ms. Sonakshi Singh, Mr. Harshit Sharma, Mr. Naman Kumar and Mr. Kumar Bhaskar, Advocates.

versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Siddhartha Sinha, SPC with Ms.

Kanchan Semwal, G.P. with Ms. Anu Priya Nisha Minz, Advocates for R-1. Mr. Shivam Goel, Mr. Anil Kumar Goyal, Ms. Ramya S. Goel and Ms.

Sanya Sharma, Advocates for R-2.

Mr. Tushar Sannu and Mr. Parvin Bansal, Advocates for GNCTD.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJEEV NARULA

O R D E R

% 02.02.2026 CM APPL. 6288/2026 (seeking stay)

1. Mr. Uttam Datt, Senior Counsel for the Petitioner, submits that the Petitioner is the lawful owner and in possession of agricultural land measuring 1 Bigha 11 Biswansi, falling in Khasra No. 95/1/1 and other adjoining holdings situated in Village Bijwasan, New Delhi. He submits that the Petitioner’s lands in the adjoining holdings were acquired by the Respondents for the construction of the Dwarka Expressway under the National Highways Act, 1956.

2. It is contended that subsequent to the acquisition, the Respondents erected barricades a