11 to 23 % 01.07.2009 Present : Mr. Aseem Mehrotra , Adv. for the petitioners. Mr. Sanjeev Sabharwal, Adv. for the respondent/MCD in 9725/2009, 9727/2009 9728/2009, 9730/2009, 9731/2009 and 9732/2009. Mr. Mukesh Gupta, Advocate for respondent/MCD in 9729/2009, 9733/2009, 9735/2009 and 9737/2009. Ms. Saroj Bidawat, Adv. for respondent/MCD in 9726/2009, 9734/2009 and 9736/2009. ft o + WPfC^Nos.9725/2009 & CM 7850/2009. 9726/2009 & CM 7851/2009, 9727/2009 & CM 7852/2009, 9728/2009 & CMs 7853-54. 9729/2009 & CM 7855/2009. 9730/2009 & CM 7856/2009. 9731/2009 & CM 7857/2009. 9732/2009 & CM 7858/2009. 9733/2009 & CM 7859/2009. 9734/2009 & CM 7860/2009. 9735/2009 & CM 7861/2009. 9736/2009 & CM 7862/2009 and 9737/2009 & CM 7863/2009. "f With the consent of counsels for the parties, these writ petitions are disposed of at the stage of admission. r- The petitioners are aggrieved by the notice dated 12.5.2009 issued by the respondent/MCD under Section 349 of the DMC Act, 1957 calling upon the petitioners to vacate their respective premises within 24 hours of the receipt of the notice to enable the respondent/MCD to remove the unauthorized construction/deviations carried out in the premises under occupation of the petitioners. Digitally Signed By:AMULYA Certify that the digital file and physical file have been compared and the digital data is as per the physical file and no page is missing. Signature Not Verified situated at Shiv Nagar Extension, Jail Road, New Delhi. Counsels for the-parties state that an earlier writ petition filed by the Welfare Association Shiv Nagar against the DDA & Ors., registered as WP(C)No. 18913/2006, is pending disposal. In the aforesaid writ petition, an order dated 22.10.2008 was passed directing the MCD to ensure removal of encroachment and unauthorized construction in the area and to file a status report. The MCD has filed a status report W^ dated 9.1.2009, giving the details of the projections on public land and ^ssuring the Courtthat action againstthe projectionswould be taken. Learned counsel for the respondent/MCD, who appears on advance copy, states that it is pursuant to the status report and the orders of the Court that the respondent/MCD has issued the aforesaid impugned notices. Counsel for the petitioners states that the petitioners are in the process of applying to the MCD for regularization of the projections/deviations existing at the premises by filing appropriate r-- applications along with the requisite charges. He submits that the respondent/MCD be directed to stay its hands to enable the petitioners ^ to file their applicationsfor regularization,for the same to be decided by the respondent/MCD in accordance with law. Accordingly, the present writ petitions are disposed of with leave granted to the petitioners to apply to the respondent/MCD for 5 regularization of the projections/deviations in their respective premises in the prescribed form along with the requisite charges, within a period of four weeks from today. On receipt of the said applications, the respondent/MCD shall process the same in accordance with law. In the meantime, the respondent/MCD shall not take any coercive steps against the petitioners in terms of the notice dated 12.5.2009. It is, however, made clear that in case any of the ^ petitioners do not apply to the respondent/MCD within the time granted or the said applications are rejected, the respondent/MCD shall be at liberty to take necessary steps against the said parties, in terms of its notices dated 12.5.2009. The writ petitions are disposed of along with the pending applications. Dasti. HIMA KOHLI,J JUNE 01, 2009 sk