$~193 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 25^thFebruary, 2026 Uploaded on: 27^th February, 2026 + W.P.(C) 2651/2026 & CM APPL. 12899/2026, CM APPL.

12900/2026 SANJIV GUPTA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Abhinav Raghuvanshi (AOR), Mr. Avinash Tripathi, Mr. Akshat Rawat, Advs.

versus THE REGISTRAR OF COOPERATIVE SOCIETIES AND ORS .....Respondents Through: Ms. Urvi Mohan, Adv.

CORAM:

JUSTICE PRATHIBA M. SINGH JUSTICE MADHU JAIN Prathiba M. Singh, J. (Oral)

1. This hearing has been done through hybrid mode.

2. This is yet another case which shows the harrowing experience that members of co-operative societies have to face and undergo for obtaining allotment of flats in their favour and for conversion of properties from lease- hold to free-hold. In each of such matters there are three main parties who cause significant delay running into decades in allotting the flats and permitting conversion. The said parties are:

A. Registrar of Cooperative Societies (hereinafter, ‘RCS’);

B. The concerned Co-operative Group Housing Society; and C. Delhi Development Authority (hereinafter, ‘DDA’).

3. The members of co-operative societies are made to run pillar to post between these three e