ITEM NO.30 COURT NO.2 SECTION PIL-W S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Miscellaneous Application No. 1652/2025 in Contempt Petition (Civil) Diary No.21171/2024 in Writ Petition (Civil) No.4677/1985 [Arising out of impugned judgment and order dated 28-05-2025 in D No. 21171/2024 passed by the Supreme Court of India]

BINDU KAPUREA Petitioner(s)

VERSUS SUBHASISH PANDA & ORS. Respondent(s) Date : 03-11-2025 This petition was called on for hearing today.

CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SURYA KANT HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE UJJAL BHUYAN HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JOYMALYA BAGCHI For Petitioner(s) : By Courts Motion, AOR Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Sr. Adv.

Mr. Vishal Sinha, Adv.

Mr. Tushar Shrivastava, Adv.

Mr. Manan Verma, AOR For Respondent(s) : Mr. Maninder Singh, Sr. Adv.

Ms. Manika Tripathy, AOR Mr. Gs Oberoi, Adv.

Mr. Ashutosh Kausik, Adv.

Mr. Gautam Yadav, Adv. Mr. Aakash Mohar, Adv.

Mr. Tushar Mheta, Solicitor General Mrs. Aishwarya Bhati Ld, A.S.G.

Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria, AOR Mrs. Arunima Dwivedi, Adv.

Mr. Mayank Pandey, Adv.

Misha Kumar, Adv.

Ms. Shivika Mehra, Adv.

Mr. Ajay Kumar Pandey, Adv.

Signa ture No t Ve rifi ed Mr. Madhav Sinhal, Adv.

Digita lly s ign ed b y Ms. Aastha Singh, Adv.

NITIN TALREJA Date: 2025.11.10 Reason:

Mr. Atul Kumar, AOR Ms. Archana Kumari, Adv.

Ms. Sweety Singh, Adv. Mr. Rahul Pandey, Adv.

Mr. Ashutosh Upadayay, Adv.

Ms. Diksha Joshi, Adv.

Mr. Harsh Kumar, Adv.

Mr. Shrey Kapoor , AOR Mr. Geet Ahuja, AOR Mr. Aman Panwar, Adv.

Mr. Mudit Gupta, AOR Mr. Akash Panwar, Adv.

Mr. Abhinav Kumar, Adv.

Mr. Siddhant Buxy, AOR Mr. Deepak Goel, AOR Ms. Alka Goyal, Adv.

Ms. Harshita Maheshwari, Adv.

Mr. Praveen Swarup, AOR Mr. Praveen Swarup, Adv.

Mr. Sukhamrit Singh, Adv. Ms. Sheetal Kandpal, Adv.

Mr. Mukund Ishwar Mahajan, Adv.

Mr. Rohit Swarup, Adv.

Mr. Saurabh Rohilla, Adv.

Mr. Loveli Tyagi, Adv.

Mr. Rahul Shyam Bhandari, AOR Mr. Sanjay Jain, Sr. Adv.

Ms. Bani Dikshit, Adv.

Mr. Rahul Shyam Bhandari, Adv.

Mr. Satyam Pathak, Adv.

Mr. Sanjiv Kumar Jain, Adv.

Mr. Hitesh Kumar Sharma, Adv.

Mr. Amit Kumar Chawla, Adv.

Mr. Akhileshwar Jha, Adv.

Ms. Swati Vishan, Adv.

Mr. Jatin Malik, Adv.

Mr. Narendra Pal Sharma, Adv.

Mr. Guru Krishna Kumar, Sr. Adv., Amicus Curiae Ms. Anitha Shenoy, Sr. Adv., Amicus Curiae Ms. Srishti Agnihotri, AOR Mr. Ashwin K., Adv.

Mr. Vishesh Goel, Adv.

Ms. Sadhana Madhavan, Adv.

Ms. Kavana Rao, Adv.

Ms. Tara Elizabeth Kurien, Adv.

Ms. Anchal Kanthed, Adv.

UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following

O R D E R

1. In compliance of the directions laid down by this Court in its judgment dated 28.05.2025, the parties have filed their respective affidavits.

2. In the petitioner’s affidavit, it is pointed out that 185 acres of land was required to be offered by Delhi Development Authority (DDA) for plantation and 1,67,000 trees were to be planted. However, as per the Expert’s report, there may be a demand for additional land over and above 185 acres for the purpose of the above-mentioned plantation.

3. The Department of Forest as well as DDA in their respective affidavits submit that 18 separate sites totaling 185 acres have been decided to be allocated to the Forest Department for the purpose of the aforementioned plantation. Out of these, physical possession of 17 sites, totaling approximately 168 acres, has already been handed over.

4. As regards the 18th site in Satbari, it is pointed out that there is a dispute re: ownership of the same between DDA and the Revenue Department. Mr. Maninder Singh, learned Senior Counsel for DDA, on instruction, informs that the issue has been resolved and that the 18th site will also be handed over forthwith to the Forest Department. In any case, we make it clear that even if the dispute subsists, the Revenue Department as well as DDA are directed to handover unconditional possession of the 18^th site to the Forest Department.

5. Consequently, we direct that the Forest Department, under the supervision and guidance of the Expert Committee, will start the plantation drive(s), keeping in view suitable