$~47 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 2403/2026 with CM APPL. 11737-11738/2026 GULAB CHAND .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Kotla Harshavardhan, Ms.

Rishabh Arora, Advs with Petitioner-

in-person.

versus MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF DELHI & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Puneet Yadav, Adv. for MCD.

Mr. Anuj Chaturvedi, Ms. Richa Dhawan & Ms. Yashita Jain, Advs for R-2.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT BANSAL

O R D E R

% 19.02.2026 CM APPL. 11738/2026 (exemption

1. Allowed, subject to all just exceptions.

W.P.(C) 2403/2026

2. The present writ petition has been filed by the petitioner seeking the following reliefs:

“a. Declare that the Petitioner is entitled to the rights and remedies under the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board Act, 2010 and the Delhi Slum & JJ Rehabilitation and Relocation Policy, 2015 qua the Subject Property;

b. Issue an appropriate writ in the nature of a mandamus under Article 226 of the Constitution of India or any other appropriate writ, restraining the Respondent No.1 from demolishing and/or interfering with the Petitioner’s peaceful possession of the Subject Property until the Petitioner is rehabilitated under the Delhi Slum & JJ Rehabilitation and RelocationPolicy,2015;

c. Any other relief that this Hon’ble Court may deem fit in the interests of justice.”

3. Counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner has been residing at the jhuggi built at S-188A, opposite S-187, Panchsheel Park, New Delhi - 110017 (hereinafter ‘subject property’) with his family for more than 50 years.

4. It is stated that the subject property was a part of the survey carried out by Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (hereinafter ‘DUSIB’) on

12^th September, 2012 and is a part of a notified Jhuggi Jhopri Cluster.

5. It is further stated that as per the Delhi Slum and JJ Rehabilitation and Relocation Policy, 2015 (hereinafter ‘Rehabilitation Policy’), jhuggi such as that of the petitioner which has been built before 1^st January, 2015 cannot be demolished without providing alternate housing and the petitioner fulfils the eligibility criteria under the said Rehabilitation Policy.

6. Issue notice.

7. Notice is accepted on behalf of counsel for the respondents no.1 and 2 who contest the aforesaid submission made on behalf of the petitioner.

8. Counsel for DUSIB submits that the petitioner has not put anything on record to establish that the subject property is contiguous with any notified Jhuggi Jhopri Cluster. Therefore, the petitioner is not entitled to any benefit under the DUSIB Act, 2010.

9. He further submits that the petitioner has failed to implead Panchsheel Cooperative House Building Society on whose petition orders of removal of the subject property were passed. The petitioner has also not impleaded DDA which is the land-owning agency.

10. Accordingly, Panchsheel Cooperative House Building Society and DDA are impleaded as respondents in the present writ petition.

11. Let amended memo of parties be filed within three (3) days.

12. Upon the petitioner taking steps, notice be issued to the newly impleaded respondents through all permissible modes including email.

13. Status report/ counter-affidavit be filed within four (4) weeks.

14. Rejoinder thereto, if any, be filed within three (3) weeks thereafter.

15. List on 13^th July, 2026.

16. In the meanwhile, no coercive steps shall be taken against the petitioner qua the subject property.

17. Dasti under signatures of Court Master.

AMIT BANSAL, J FEBRUARY 19, 2026/ng