CW15946/2004 Page 1 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI 1. W.P.(C)15946/2004 Rajesh Kumar Yadav ..... Petitioner through Mr.P.N.Lekhi, Sr.Advocate with Mr.Sumit Bansal and Mr.Manish Paliwal, Advocates versus Union of India & Ors. .... Respondents through Mr.Saurabh,Advocate for R1 Mr.Sanjay Katyal, Advocate for UOI Mr.Rajiv Bansal and Mr. Gaurav Sarin, Advocates for DDA Mr.Sanjay Poddar, Advocate for LAC, L&B Deptt. & LG W I T H 2. W.P.(C) 9365/2004 Laxmi Devi ....Petitioner through Mr.P.N.Lekhi, Sr.Advocate with Mr.Sumit Bansal and Mr.Manish Paliwal, Advocates versus Union of India ....Respondent through Mr.Rajiv Bansal, Advocate with Mr. Gyalt Sen and Mr.Biswajit Kumar Patra, Advocates for DDA Mr.Sanjay Poddar, Advocate for LAC, L&B Deptt. & LG CW15946/2004 Page 2 W I T H 3. W.P.(C) 10592/2006 Devi Singh Mathur ....Petitioner through Mr.P.N.Lekhi, Sr.Advocate with Mr.Sumit Bansal and Mr.Manish Paliwal, Advocates versus Union of India & Ors. ....Respondents through Ms.P.L.Gautam, Advocate for UOI Mr.Gaurav Sarin, Advocate with Ms.Charul Sarin, Advocate for DDA Mr.Jamshed Beg, Advocate for L&B Department Mr.Sanjay Poddar, Advocate for LAC, L&B Deptt. & LG W I T H 4. W.P.(C) 12456-82/2004 SUBHASH JAIN & ORS. ....Petitioners through Mr.Ravindra Sethi, Sr.Advocate with Mr.Rajiv Kumar Ghawana and Mr.Puneet Sharma, Advocates versus Union of India & Ors. ....Respondents through Ms.Shobhana Takiar, Advocate for DDA Mr.Sanjay Poddar, Advocate for LAC, L&B Deptt. & LG CW15946/2004 Page 3 W I T H 5. W.P.(C) 14670-72/2004 Ashwani Kumar & Ors. ....Petitioners through Mr.P.N.Lekhi, Sr.Advocate with Mr.Sumit Bansal and Mr.Manish Paliwal, Advocates versus Union of India & Ors. ....Respondents through Mr.Rajan Sabharwal & Ms.Seema Bhadauriya Advocate for UOI Mr.Rajiv Bansal, Advocate with Mr. Gyalt Sen and Mr.Biswajit Kumar Patra, Advocates for DDA Mr.Sanjay Poddar, Advocate for LAC, L&B Deptt. & LG Mr.Jamshed Beg, Advocate for L&B Department W I T H 6. W.P.(C) 15842/2004 Prakash Alias Om Prakash ....Petitioner through Mr.Ravindra Sethi, Sr.Advocate with Mr.Rajiv Kumar Ghawana and Mr.Puneet Sharma, Advocates versus Union of India & Ors. ....Respondents through Mr.Saurabh, Advocate for R-1 Mr.Rajiv Bansal, Advocate with Mr. Gyalt Sen and Mr.Biswajit Kumar Patra, Advocates for DDA CW15946/2004 Page 4 Mr.Sanjay Poddar, Advocate for LAC, L&B Deptt. & LG W I T H 7. W.P.(C) 2974/2005 Vikas Gupta ....Petitioner through Mr.Anand Yadav, Advocate versus Govt.of NCT of Delhi ....Respondent through Ms.Shobhana Takiar, Advocate for DDA Ms.Deepika, Advocate for L&B Department Mr.Sanjay Poddar,Advocate for LAC W I T H 8. W.P.(C) 4559-60/2005 Malti Sharma & Others ....Petitioners through Mr.P.N.Lekhi, Sr.Advocate with Mr.Sumit Bansal and Mr.Manish Paliwal, Advocates versus Union of India & Ors. ....Respondents through Mr.J.P.Sengh, Advocate with Ms.Imam Majid, Advocate for UOI Mr.Rajiv Bansal, Advocate with Mr. Gyalt Sen and Mr.Biswajit Kumar Patra, Advocates for DDA Mr.Sanjay Poddar,Adv. for LAC Ms.Deepika, Advocate for L&B Department CW15946/2004 Page 5 Mr.Vinod Kumar,Advocate for MCD W I T H 9. W.P.(C) 4594-97/2005 Vijay Raj Sharma & Others ....Petitioners through Mr.P.N.Lekhi, Sr.Advocate with Mr.Sumit Bansal and Mr.Manish Paliwal, Advocates versus Union of India & Ors. ....Respondents through Mr.J.P.Sengh, Advocate with Ms.Imam Majid, Adv. for UOI Mr.Rajiv Bansal, Advocate with Mr. Gyalt Sen and Mr.Biswajit Kumar Patra, Adv. for DDA Mr.Sanjay Poddar, Advocate for LAC Ms.Deepika, Adv. for L&B Department Ms.Richa Kapoor with Ms. Gitanjali Chauhan, Adv. for MCD W I T H 10. W.P.(C) 4614-18/2005 Suman Sharma & Others ....Petitioners through Mr.P.N.Lekhi, Sr.Advocate with Mr.Sumit Bansal and Mr.Manish Paliwal, Advocates versus Union of India & Ors. ....Respondents through Mr.J.P.Sengh, Advocate with Ms.Imam Majid, Advocate for CW15946/2004 Page 6 UOI Mr.Rajiv Bansal, Advocate with Mr. Gyalt Sen and Mr.Biswajit Kumar Patra, Advocates for DDA Mr.Sanjay Poddar, Advocate for LAC, L&B Deptt. & LG Mr.Vinod Kumar,Advocate for MCD W I T H 11. W.P.(C) 4960-63/2005 Bhagirath Raj Sharma ....Petitioner through Mr.P.N.Lekhi, Sr.Advocate with Mr.Sumit Bansal and Mr.Manish Paliwal, Advocates versus Union of India & Ors. ....Respondents through Mr.J.P.Sengh, Advocate with Ms.Imam Majid, Advocate for UOI Mr.Rajiv Bansal, Advocate with Mr. Gyalt Sen and Mr.Biswajit Kumar Patra, Advocates for DDA Mr.Sanjay Poddar,Advocate for LAC Ms.Deepika, Advocate for L&B Department Ms.Richa Kapoor with Ms.Gitanjali Chauhan, Advocate for MCD W I T H 12. W.P.(C) 10156-57/2005 Jawahar Singh& Anr. ....Petitioners through Mr.P.N.Lekhi, Sr.Advocate with CW15946/2004 Page 7 Mr.Sumit Bansal and Mr.Manish Paliwal, Advocates versus Union of India & Ors. ....Respondents through Mr.Rajiv Bansal, Advocate with Mr. Gyalt Sen and Mr.Biswajit Kumar Patra, Advs. for DDA Mr.Sanjay Poddar, Advocate for LAC Mr.Sanjay Kumar Pathak, Advocate with Ms.K.Kaomudi Kiran and Mr.M.K.Rai, Advocates for Respondents 2 to 4 Mr.Anoop Bagai, Advocate with Ms.Pratibha Sharma, Advocate for MCD W I T H 13. W.P.(C) 12967/2005 Budh Vihar Towers P.Ltd. ....Petitioner through Mr.P.N.Lekhi, Sr.Advocate with Mr.Sumit Bansal and Mr.Manish Paliwal, Advocates versus Union of India & Ors. ....Respondents through Mr.Keshav Dayal, Sr.Advocate with Mr.Pushkar Sood, Advocate for UOI Mr.Gaurav Sarin, Advocate with Ms.Charul Sarin, Advocate for DDA Mr.Sanjay Poddar, Advocate for LAC, L&B Deptt. & LG Mr.Jamshed Beg, Advocate for L&B Department CW15946/2004 Page 8 W I T H 14. W.P.(C) 13018/2005 Kanishka Farms Pvt.Ltd. ....Petitioner through Mr.P.N.Lekhi, Sr.Advocate with Mr.Sumit Bansal and Mr.Manish Paliwal, Advocates versus Union of India & Ors. ....Respondents through Mr.Keshav Dayal, Sr.Advocate with Mr.Pushkar Sood, Advocate for UOI Mr.Gaurav Sarin, Advocate with Ms.Charul Sarin, Advocate for DDA Mr.Sanjay Poddar, Advocate for LAC, L&B Deptt. & LG W I T H 15. W.P.(C) 13030/2005 Lajpat Rai Goel ....Petitioner through Mr.Vishwa Ranjan Kumar, Advocate versus Union of India & Ors. ....Respondents through Mr.Jamshed Beg, Advocate for L&B Department Mr.Sanjay Poddar, Advocate for LAC, L&B Deptt. & LG Mr.Gaurav Sarin, Advocate with Ms.Charul Sarin, Advocate for DDA W I T H CW15946/2004 Page 9 16. W.P.(C) 13043-50/2005 Virander Singh & 7 Ors. ....Petitioners through Mr.P.N.Lekhi, Sr.Advocate with Mr.Sumit Bansal and Mr.Manish Paliwal, Advocates versus Union of India & Ors. ....Respondents through Mr.Keshav Dayal, Sr.Advocate with Mr.Pushkar Sood, Advocate for UOI Mr.Gaurav Sarin, Advocate with Ms.Charul Sarin, Adv for DDA Mr.Sanjay Poddar, Advocate for LAC, L&B Deptt. & LG Mr.Jamshed Beg, Advocate for L&B Department W I T H 17. W.P.(C) 13081-84/2005 Sunil Sharma & 3 Others . .....Petitioners through Mr.P.N.Lekhi, Sr.Advocate with Mr.Sumit Bansal and Mr.Manish Paliwal, Advocates versus Union of India & Ors. ....Respondents through Mr.Keshav Dayal, Sr.Advocate with Mr.Pushkar Sood, Advocate for UOI Mr.Gaurav Sarin, Advocate with Ms.Charul Sarin, Advocate for DDA Mr.Sanjay Poddar, Advocate for LAC, L&B Deptt. & LG CW15946/2004 Page 10 Mr.Jamshed Beg, Advocate for L&B Department W I T H 18. W.P.(C) 13092-94/2005 B.R.Pipes P.Ltd. & Ors. ....Petitioners through Mr.Ravindra Sethi, Sr.Advocate with Mr.Rajiv Kumar Ghawana and Mr.Puneet Sharma, Advocates versus Union of India & Ors. ....Respondents through Mr.Sanjeev Sachdeva & Mr.Chetan Chopra, Advocates for UOI Mr.Gaurav Sarin, Advocate with Ms.Charul Sarin, Advocate for DDA Mr.Sanjay Poddar, Advocate for LAC, L&B Deptt. & LG W I T H 19. W.P.(C) 13556-69/2005 Ajay Kumar Gupta & Ors ....Petitioners through Mr. P.R. Chopra, Advocate. versus Govt.of NCT of Delhi & Ors ....Respondents through Mr.Gaurav Sarin, Advocate with Ms.Charul Sarin, Advocate for DDA Mr.Sanjay Poddar, Advocate for LAC, L&B Deptt. & LG CW15946/2004 Page 11 W I T H 20. W.P.(C) 14122-31/2005 Ravi & Ors. ....Petitioners through Mr.Anand Yadav, Advocate versus Govt.of NCT of Delhi & Ors. ....Respondents through Mr.Gaurav Sarin, Advocate with Ms.Charul Sarin, Advocate for DDA Mr.Sanjay Poddar,Advocate for LAC, L&B Deptt. & LG W I T H 21. W.P.(C) 14288/2005 M/s.Golden Cashews ....Petitioner through Mr.Anand Yadav, Advocate versus Govt. of NCT of Delhi & Ors. ....Respondents through Mr.Gaurav Sarin, Advocate with Ms.Charul Sarin, Advocate for DDA Mr.Sanjay Poddar,Advocate for LAC, L&B Deptt. & LG W I T H 22. W.P.(C) 14346/2005 Chander Mohan Goyal ....Petitioner through Mr.Ravindra Sethi, Sr.Advocate with Mr.Rajiv Kumar Ghawana and Mr.Puneet Sharma, Advocates CW15946/2004 Page 12 versus Union of India & Ors. ....Respondents through Mr.Gaurav Sarin, Advocate with Ms.Charul Sarin, Advocate for DDA Mr.Sanjay Poddar,Advocate for LAC, L&B Deptt. & LG W I T H 23. W.P.(C) 14449/2005 Raj Goyal ....Petitioner through Mr.Ravindra Sethi, Sr.Advocate with Mr.Rajiv Kumar Ghawana and Mr.Puneet Sharma, Advocates versus Union of India & Ors. ....Respondents through Mr.Gaurav Sarin, Advocate with Ms.Charul Sarin, Advocate for DDA Mr.Sanjay Poddar,Advocate for LAC Ms.Deepika, Advocate for L&B Department W I T H 24. W.P.(C) 17184-88/2005 Muni Lal Mittal & Ors. ....Petitioners through Mr.Ravindra Sethi, Sr.Advocate with Mr.Rajiv Kumar Ghawana and Mr.Puneet Sharma, Advocates versus CW15946/2004 Page 13 Union of India & Ors. ....Respondents through Ms.Deepika, Advocate for L&B Department Mr.Sanjay Poddar,Advocate for LAC Mr.Gaurav Sarin, Advocate with Ms.Charul Sarin, Advocate for DDA W I T H 25. W.P.(C) 17273/2005 Rajender Singh ....Petitioner through Mr.Ravindra Sethi, Sr.Advocate with Mr.Rajiv Kumar Ghawana and Mr.Puneet Sharma, Advocates versus Union of India & Ors. ....Respondents through Mr.Gaurav Sarin, Advocate with Ms.Charul Sarin, Advocate for DDA Mr.Sanjay Poddar, Advocate for LAC Ms.Deepika, Advocate for L&B Department W I T H 26. W.P.(C) 17274/2005 Raj Kumari ....Petitioner through Mr.Ravindra Sethi, Sr.Advocate with Mr.Rajiv Kumar Ghawana and Mr.Puneet Sharma, Advocates versus CW15946/2004 Page 14 Union of India & Ors. ....Respondents through Mr.Sanjay Poddar, Advocate for LAC, L&B Deptt. & LG Mr.Gaurav Sarin, Advocate with Ms.Charul Sarin, Advocate for DDA W I T H 27. W.P.(C) 17275/2005 Manju Bala ....Petitioner through Mr.Ravindra Sethi, Sr.Advocate with Mr.Rajiv Kumar Ghawana and Mr.Puneet Sharma, Advocates versus Union of India & Ors. ....Respondents through Ms.Deepika, Advocate for L&B Department Mr.Sanjay Poddar,Advocate for LAC Mr.Gaurav Sarin, Advocate with Ms.Charul Sarin, Advocate for DDA W I T H 28. W.P.(C) 17276/2005 Shruti Goyal ....Petitioner through Mr.Ravindra Sethi, Sr.Advocate with Mr.Rajiv Kumar Ghawana and Mr.Puneet Sharma, Advocates versus Union of India & Ors. ....Respondents through Ms.Deepika, Advocate for L&B CW15946/2004 Page 15 Department Mr.Sanjay Poddar,Advocate for LAC Mr.Gaurav Sarin, Advocate with Ms.Charul Sarin, Advocate for DDA W I T H 29. W.P.(C) 17277/2005 Raj Rani Garg ....Petitioner through Mr.Ravindra Sethi, Sr.Advocate with Mr.Rajiv Kumar Ghawana and Mr.Puneet Sharma, Advocates versus Union of India & Ors. ....Respondents through Mr.Sanjay Poddar,Advocate for LAC Mr.Gaurav Sarin, Advocate with Ms.Charul Sarin, Advocate for DDA Mr.Sanjay Pathak, Advocate for R-2 & R-3 W I T H 30. W.P.(C) 17278/2005 Mithlesh Single ....Petitioner through Mr.Ravindra Sethi, Sr.Advocate with Mr.Rajiv Kumar Ghawana and Mr.Puneet Sharma, Advocates versus Union of India & Ors. ....Respondents through Mr.Sanjay Poddar,Adv for LAC CW15946/2004 Page 16 Mr.Gaurav Sarin, Advocate with Ms.Charul Sarin, Advocate for DDA Mr.Sanjay Pathak, Advocate for R-2 and R-3 W I T H 31. W.P.(C) 17279/2005 Mahinder Singh Rohil ....Petitioner through Mr.Ravindra Sethi, Sr.Advocate with Mr.Rajiv Kumar Ghawana and Mr.Puneet Sharma, Advocates versus Union of India & Ors. ....Respondents through Mr.Sanjay Poddar,Advocate for LAC Mr.Gaurav Sarin, Advocate with Ms.Charul Sarin, Advocate for DDA Mr.Sanjay Pathak, Advocate for R-2 and R-3 W I T H 32. W.P.(C) 17280/2005 Ramdharee Goyal ....Petitioner through Mr.Ravindra Sethi, Sr.Advocate with Mr.Rajiv Kumar Ghawana and Mr.Puneet Sharma, Advocates versus Union of India & Ors. ....Respondents through Mr.Sanjay Poddar,Advocate for LAC CW15946/2004 Page 17 Mr.Gaurav Sarin, Advocate with Ms.Charul Sarin, Advocate for DDA Mr. Sanjay Pathak, Advocate for R-2 and R-3 W I T H 33. W.P.(C) 17281/2005 R.P.Gupta ....Petitioner through Mr.Ravindra Sethi, Sr.Advocate with Mr.Rajiv Kumar Ghawana and Mr.Puneet Sharma, Advocates versus Union of India & Ors. ....Respondents through Mr.Sanjay Poddar, Advocate for LAC Mr.Gaurav Sarin, Advocate with Ms.Charul Sarin, Advocate for DDA Mr.Sanjay Pathak, Advocate for R-2 and R-3 W I T H 34. W.P.(C) 17282/2005 Om Prakash ....Petitioner through Mr.Ravindra Sethi, Sr.Advocate with Mr.Rajiv Kumar Ghawana and Mr.Puneet Sharma, Advocates versus Union of India & Ors. ....Respondents through Mr.Sanjay Poddar,Advocate for LAC CW15946/2004 Page 18 Mr.Gaurav Sarin, Advocate with Ms.Charul Sarin, Advocate for DDA Mr.Sanjay Pathak, Advocate for R-2 and R-3 W I T H 35. W.P.(C) 17283/2005 Nirmal Khurana ....Petitioner through Mr.Ravindra Sethi, Sr.Advocate with Mr.Rajiv Kumar Ghawana and Mr.Puneet Sharma, Advocates versus Union of India & Ors. ....Respondents through Mr.Sanjay Poddar, Advocate for LAC Mr.Gaurav Sarin, Advocate with Ms.Charul Sarin, Advocate for DDA Mr.Sanjay Pathak, Advocate for R-2 and R-3 W I T H 36. W.P.(C) 17346/2005 Ram Mehar Dagar ....Petitioner through Mr. Sanjay Mann, Advocate. versus Union of India & Ors. ....Respondents through Mr.Gaurav Sarin, Advocate with Ms.Charul Sarin, Advocate for DDA Mr.Sanjay Poddar, Advocate for LAC, & L&B Deptt. CW15946/2004 Page 19 W I T H 37. W.P.(C) 173502005 Tapan Jain ....Petitioner through Mr. Sanjay Mann, Advocate. versus Union of India & Ors. ....Respondents through Mr.Gaurav Sarin, Advocate with Ms.Charul Sarin, Advocate for DDA Mr.Sanjay Poddar, Advocate for LAC & L&B Deptt. W I T H 38. W.P.(C) 17351/2005 Pratap Bhansali ....Petitioner through Mr. Sanjay Mann, Advocate. versus Union of India & Ors. ....Respondents through Mr.Sanjay Poddar, Advocate for LAC & L&B Deptt. W I T H 39. W.P.(C) 17353/2005 Satish Kumar Goyal ....Petitioner through Mr.Sanjay Mann, Advocate. versus Union of India & Ors. ....Respondents through Mr.Gaurav Sarin, Advocate with Ms.Charul Sarin, Advocate for DDA CW15946/2004 Page 20 Mr.Sanjay Poddar, Advocate for LAC & L&B Deptt. W I T H 40. W.P.(C) 17409/2005 S.S.Aggarwal ....Petitioner through Mr.Sanjay Mann, Advocate. versus Union of India & Ors. ....Respondents through Mr.Gaurav Sarin, Advocate with Ms.Charul Sarin, Advocate for DDA Mr.Sanjay Poddar, Advocate for LAC Mr.Sanjay Pathak, Advocate for R-2 & R-3 W I T H 41. W.P.(C) 17418/2005 Dharambir Singh Dagar ....Petitioner through Mr.Sanjay Mann, Advocate. versus Union of India & Ors. ....Respondents through Mr.Gaurav Sarin, Advocate with Ms.Charul Sarin, Advocate for DDA Mr.Sanjay Poddar,Advocate for LAC & L&B Deptt. W I T H 42. W.P.(C) 17425/2005 CW15946/2004 Page 21 Raj Singh Mann ....Petitioner through Mr.Sanjay Mann, Advocate versus Union of India & Ors. ....Respondents through Mr.Gaurav Sarin, Advocate with Ms.Charul Sarin, Advocate for DDA Mr.Sanjay Poddar,Advocate for LAC & L&B Deptt. W I T H 43. W.P.(C) 17427/2005 Pawan Kumar ....Petitioner through Mr. Sanjay Mann, Advocate versus Union of India & Ors. ....Respondents through Mr.Gaurav Sarin, Advocate with Ms.Charul Sarin, Advocate for DDA Mr.Sanjay Poddar,Advocate for LAC & L&B Deptt. W I T H 44. W.P.(C) 17449/2005 Asha Aggarwal ....Petitioner through Mr. Sanjay Mann, Advocate. Advocate versus CW15946/2004 Page 22 Union of India & Ors. ....Respondents through Mr.Gaurav Sarin, Advocate with Ms.Charul Sarin, Advocate for DDA Mr.Sanjay Poddar,Advocate for LAC & L&B Deptt. W I T H 45. W.P.(C) 17492/2005 Satish Kumar Goel ....Petitioner through Mr. Sanjay Mann, Advocate. versus Union of India & Ors. ....Respondents through Mr.Gaurav Sarin, Advocate with Ms.Charul Sarin, Advocate for DDA Mr.Sanjay Poddar,Advocate for LAC & L&B Deptt. W I T H 46. W.P.(C) 17493/2005 Dhanraj ....Petitioner through Mr. Sanjay Mann, Advocate. versus Union of India & Ors. ....Respondents through Mr.Gaurav Sarin, Advocate with Ms.Charul Sarin, Advocate for DDA Mr.Sanjay Poddar,Advocate for LAC & L&B Deptt. W I T H 47. W.P.(C) 17516/2005 CW15946/2004 Page 23 Satbir Singh ...Petitioner through Mr. Sanjay Mann, Advocate. versus Union of India & Ors. ....Respondents through Mr.Gaurav Sarin, Advocate with Ms.Charul Sarin, Advocate for DDA Mr.Sanjay Poddar, Advocate for LAC Mr.Sanjay Pathak, Advocate for R-2 & R-3 W I T H 48. W.P.(C) 17518/2005 Anju Verma ....Petitioner through Mr. Sanjay Mann, Advocate. versus Union of India & Ors. ....Respondents through Mr.Gaurav Sarin, Advocate with Ms.Charul Sarin, Advocate for DDA Mr.Sanjay Poddar, Advocate for LAC Mr.Sanjay Pathak, Advocate for R-2 & R-3 W I T H 49. W.P.(C) 17566/2005 S.S.Aggarwal ....Petitioner through Mr. Sanjay Mann, Advocate. versus CW15946/2004 Page 24 Union of India & Ors. ....Respondents through Mr.Gaurav Sarin, Advocate with Ms.Charul Sarin, Advocate for DDA Mr.Sanjay Poddar,Advocate for LAC Mr.Sanjay Pathak, Advocate for R-2 & R-3 W I T H 50. W.P.(C) 17625/2005 Meera Gupta ....Petitioner through Mr. Sanjay Mann, Advocate. versus Union of India & Ors. ....Respondents through Mr.Gaurav Sarin, Advocate with Ms.Charul Sarin, Advocate for DDA Mr.Sanjay Poddar, Advocate for LAC & L&B Deptt. W I T H 51. W.P.(C) 18119-28/2005 Prem Wati & Ors. ....Petitioner through Mr. P.R. Chopra, Advocate. versus Govt.of NCT of Delhi & Ors. ....Respondents through Mr.Gaurav Sarin, Advocate with Ms.Charul Sarin, Advocate for DDA Mr.Sanjay Poddar,Advocate for LAC & L&B Deptt. W I T H CW15946/2004 Page 25 52. W.P.(C) 18163/2005 Ashwani Gupta ....Petitioner through Mr. P.R. Chopra, Advocate. versus Govt of NCT of Delhi & Ors.....Respondents through Mr.Gaurav Sarin, Advocate with Ms.Charul Sarin, Advocate for DDA Mr.Sanjay Poddar,Advocate for LAC Mr.Sanjay Pathak, Advocate for R-1 & R-2 W I T H 53. W.P.(C) 18170-76/2005 D.K.Jain & Ors. ....Petitioner through Mr. P.R. Chopra, Advocate. versus Govt. of NCT of Delhi & Ors. ....Respondents through Mr.Gaurav Sarin, Advocate with Ms.Charul Sarin, Advocate for DDA Mr.Sanjay Poddar,Advocate for LAC Mr.Sanjay Pathak, Advocate for R-1 & R-2 W I T H 54. W.P.(C) 18202/2005 Ram Piary ....Petitioner through None. versus CW15946/2004 Page 26 Union of India & Ors. ....Respondents through Mr.Gaurav Sarin, Advocate with Ms.Charul Sarin, Advocate for DDA Mr.Sanjay Poddar,Advocate for LAC Ms.Deepika, Advocate for L&B Deptt. W I T H 55. W.P.(C) 18228/2005 Shyama Nand Jha ....Petitioner through Mr. Harish Pandey, Advocate. versus Union of India & Ors. ....Respondents through Mr.Gaurav Sarin, Advocate with Ms.Charul Sarin, Advocate for DDA Mr.Sanjay Poddar,Advocate for LAC Mr.Sanjay Pathak, Advocate for R-2 & R-3 W I T H 56. W.P.(C) 18262/2005 Rajpati ....Petitioner through Mr. Sanjay Mann, Advocate. versus Union of India & Ors. ....Respondents through Mr.Gaurav Sarin, Advocate with Ms.Charul Sarin, Advocate for DDA Mr.Sanjay Poddar,Advocate for LAC CW15946/2004 Page 27 Ms.Deepika, Advocate for L&B Department W I T H 57. W.P.(C) 18277-78/2005 Yogi Raj Puram Jain Colony R.W....Petitioner through Mr.P.N.Lekhi, Sr.Advocate with Mr. Sumit Bansal and Mr. Manish Paliwal, Advocates versus Union of India & Ors. ....Respondents through Mr.Gaurav Sarin, Advocate with Ms.Charul Sarin, Advocate for DDA Mr.Sanjay Poddar, Advocate for LAC Mr. Anoop Bagai with Ms.Pratibha Sharma, Advocate for MCD Mr.Sanjay Pathak, Advocate for R-2 ,3,6 & 8 W I T H 58. W.P.(C) 19624/2005 Jagmohan Khanna ....Petitioner through Mr.V.P. Rana, Advocate. versus Union of India & Ors. ....Respondents through Mr.Gaurav Sarin, Advocate with Ms.Charul Sarin, Advocate for DDA Mr.Sanjay Poddar ,Advocate for LAC CW15946/2004 Page 28 Ms.Deepika, Advocate for L&B Deptt. W I T H 59. W.P.(C) 20016-35/2005 Jai Bhagwan Yadav & Ors. ....Petitioner through Mr.Ravindra Sethi, Sr.Advocate with Mr.Rajiv Kumar Ghawana and Mr.Puneet Sharma, Advocates versus Union of India & Ors. ....Respondents through Mr.Gaurav Sarin, Advocate with Ms.Charul Sarin, Advocate for DDA Mr. Sanjay Poddar, Advocate for LAC Mr.Sanjay Pathak, Advocate for R-2 & R-3 W I T H 60. W.P.(C) 22015-17/2005 Gyani Ram & Ors. ....Petitioner through Mr. V.P. Rana, Advocate. versus Union of India & Ors. ....Respondents through Mr.Gaurav Sarin, Advocate with Ms.Charul Sarin, Advocate for DDA Mr.Sanjay Poddar,Advocate for LAC & L&B Deptt. W I T H CW15946/2004 Page 29 61. W.P.(C) 22688-89/2005 Vishwanath Agarwala & Anr ....Petitioner through Mr. Sanjay Mann, Advocate. versus Union of India & Ors. ....Respondents through Mr.Gaurav Sarin, Advocate with Ms.Charul Sarin, Advocate for DDA Mr.Sanjay Poddar,Advocate for LAC Ms.Deepika, Advocate for L&B Department W I T H 62. W.P.(C) 22941-44/2005 Vijender Singh & Ors. ....Petitioners through Mr.Rajiv Kumar Ghawana and Mr.Puneet Sharma, Advocates versus Union of India & Ors. ....Respondents through Mr.Gaurav Sarin, Advocate with Ms.Charul Sarin, Advocate for DDA Mr.Sanjay Poddar,Advocate for LAC Mr.Sanjay Pathak, Advocate for R-2 & R-3 W I T H 63. W.P.(C) 23286/2005 CW15946/2004 Page 30 Devinder Kumar ....Petitioner through Mr. Sanjay Mann, Advocate. versus Union of India & Ors. ....Respondents through Mr.Sanjay Poddar for LAC & L&B W I T H 64. W.P.(C) 23387-90/2005 Surinder Kaushik & Ors. ....Petitioner through Mr. P.S. Bindra, Advocate. versus Union of India & Ors. ....Respondents through Mr.Pushkar Sood, Advocate for UOI Mr.Gaurav Sarin, Advocate with Ms.Charul Sarin, Advocate for DDA Mr.Sanjay Poddar,Advocate for LAC Ms.Deepika for L&B Deptt. W I T H 65. W.P.(C) 2472-74/2006 Mahendra Kumar & Ors. ....Petitioner through Mr.Sanjay Mann, Advocate. versus Union of India & Ors. ....Respondents through Mr.Gaurav Sarin, Advocate with Ms.Charul Sarin, Adv for DDA Mr.Sanjay Poddar, Adv for LAC Ms.Deepika for L&B Deptt. CW15946/2004 Page 31 Judgment Reserved on: May 31, 2007 Judgment Delivered on : July 09, 2007 CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE VIKRAMAJIT SEN HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE J.P. SINGH 1. Whether reporters of local papers may be allowed to see the Judgment? Yes 2. To be referred to the Reporter or not? Yes 3. Whether the Judgment should be reported Yes In the Digest? J U D G M E N T VIKRAMAJIT SEN, J. 1. This batch of writ petitions challenges the legality of the acquisition of land contiguous to the existing colony called Rohini, the largest residential colony in Delhi, if not India and Asia. Phases I to IV- of Rohini have already been completed. The assailed acquisition was initiated by the publication of a Notification under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (hereinafter referred to as the Act) bearing No.F.11(19)/2001/L&B/LA/20112 dated 21.3.2003. A scanned copy of the Delhi Gazette: Extraordinary reads thus: CW15946/2004 Page 32 CW15946/2004 Page 33 2. We have scanned the Gazette for the reason that learned counsel for the Petitioners have vehemently contended that the rectangle by means of which the land which is the subject matter of the acquisition has been depicted is misleading. It will be relevant to record that if the actual map is perused, the rectangle would be longer from North to South than West to East. One of the questions that arises is whether this erroneous depiction is sufficient cause for invalidating the acquisition. The Objections received in response to the Notification have been rejected. Thereafter, the Declaration under Section 6 of the Act bearing F.11(11)/2004/L & B/LA/28281, was gazetted, on 19.3.2004. In contrast to the subject Notification, this Declaration mentions the villages, together with Khasra Nos.. The villages involved in the acquisition includes Barwala, Rani Khera, Muhamadpur Majri, Karala, Begumpur, Pehladpur Bangar, Pansali, Mundka and Kirari Suleman Nagar (Patti Nithiari). It has strongly been argued that the subject Notification is so vague that it vitiates the acquisition, and that details similar to those contained in the Declaration could easily CW15946/2004 Page 34 have been furnished. Notices under Sections 9 and 10 came to be issued on 4.6.2005 and Award No.6/2005-2006 has been published on 12.7.2005. 3. The Objections under Section 5A are in great detail having been prepared by the Petitioners' Advocates. Some of the Petitioners have filed the Report prepared by the Land Acquisition Collector pursuant to Section 5A of the Act which would be beneficial to extract. It is significant that the Report is not dated: OFFICE OF THE LAND ACQUISITION COLLECTOR NORTH WEST DISTRICT KANJHAWLA, DELHI. No. F.17/9/LA(N)/2003/ Dated: 5-A hearing S. N o. Village No. of Obj ecto rs Kh.No./ Area involve d Comme nts Remarks 1 Rani Khera 01 Land measur ing The land is totally As per survey there exists unauthorised colonies in the land CW15946/2004 Page 35 271-17. Details of the land is annexe d in respect of village Rani Khera built up in the form of residen tial houses, Shops, School, Bounda ry wall, roads etc. Hence, the same be left from acquisit ion. measuring 271-17 (details enclosed) and balance land is vacant. Decision as regards non-acquisition of built up area/unauthorized colony may be taken up as per the Government policy in respect of unauthorized colonies. 2 Madan pur Dabas 72-01. Details of the land is annexe d in respect of village Madan pur Dabas Almost all objecto rs have stated to spare their land from acquisit ion as houses have been constru cted on it alongwi th other ameniti As per survey report there exists a kabristan in Kh. No. 25//21 min measuring 1-00. There is no mention of the same in the record. In the balance land there exist unauthorized colony consisting of residential houses, shops, school, roads etc. Details of which is enclosed. Decision as regards non-acquisition of built up area/unauthorized colony may be taken up as per the Government policy in respect of unauthorized colonies. CW15946/2004 Page 36 es. 3 Mubar akpur Dabas 39 716-14. Details of the land is annexe d in respect of village Mubar akpur Dabas Almost all objecto rs have stated to spare their land from acquisit ion as houses have been constru cted on it alongwi th other ameniti es. There exists Govt.School and some private schools apart from religious structures, residential houses, shops, roads, Kabristan etc. The detail of which is annexed in the built up list. Decision as regards non-acquisition of built up area/ unauthorized colony may be taken up as per the Government