$~66 & 67 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 4646/2026, CM APPLs. 22658/2026 & 22659/2026 NEW DELHI MUNICIPAL COUNCIL THROUGH ITS CHAIRMAN & ANR. .....Petitioners Through: Ms. Archana Pathak Dave, ASG with Mr. Vaibhav Agnihotri, ASC with Ms. Suruchi Khandelwal, Mr. Vidit Pratap Singh and Mr. Raghav Sharma, Advs.

versus KALPANA SHARMA & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Dr. Monika Arora, with Mr. Subhrodeep Saha, Ms. Anamika Thakur and Mr. Abhinav Verma, Advs.

+ W.P.(C) 4649/2026, CM APPLs. 22666/2026, 22667/2026 &

22668/2026 NEW DELHI MUNICIPAL COUNCIL & ANR. .....Petitioners Through: Ms. Archana Pathak Dave, ASG with Mr. Vaibhav Agnihotri, ASC with Ms. Suruchi Khandelwal, Mr. Vidit Pratap Singh and Mr. Raghav Sharma, Advs.

versus RITIKA ARORA & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Dr. Monika Arora, with Mr. Subhrodeep Saha, Ms. Anamika Thakur and Mr. Abhinav Verma, Advs.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C. HARI SHANKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE OM PRAKASH SHUKLA JUDGMENT (ORAL)

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1. These writ petitions, at the instance of the New Delhi Municipal Council, 1“NDMC”,hereinafter, assail a common order dated 25 November 2025 passed by the Central Administrative Tribunal, C. HARI SHANKAR