Court on Its Own Motion vs.delhi Development Authority

Court on Its Own Motion vs Delhi Development Authority

Type Court Judgment Court Delhi Decided Nov 29, 2019

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Citation: sooperkanoon.com/1226984
Court: Delhi High Court
Decided On: Nov 29, 2019
Subject: Land Acquisition

Case Summary

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Land Acquisition

Key legal issue: Land Acquisition

Parties & Advocates

Appellant / Petitioner

Court on Its Own Motion

Respondent

Delhi Development Authority

Advocate Mr. Arjun Pant

Excerpt

$~12 *in the high court of delhi at new delhi decided on 29th november, 2019 + w.p.(c) 8799/2018 court on its own motion through ........ petitioner versus delhi development authority through: mr. arjun pant, adv. ..... respondent coram: hon'ble the chief justice hon'ble mr. justice c.hari shankar order2911.2019 % d.n. patel, chief justice (oral) 1. this writ petition has been initiated by this court on its own motion mainly for the reason that a letter was received by the registrar general of this court dated 14th november, 2017, wherein author of the letter has mentioned about the illegal construction at village poonthkalan, delhi-110086.2. counsel appearing for the respondent submits that they will verify the facts mentioned in the letter and that, if there is any unauthorised construction, the same will be removed by the respondent, in accordance with law.3. in view of the above submission, we hereby direct the respondent to arrive at the conclusion, initially, whether the construction in question is illegal or not. if the construction is found to be illegal in nature, the w.p.(c) 8799/2018 page 1 of 2 same shall be removed by the respondent, in accordance with law, rules, regulations as applicable to the facts of the present case after giving an adequate opportunity of being heard to the owner/occupier of the superstructure as expeditiously as possible and practicable.4. with these observations, this writ petition is hereby disposed of. chief justice c.hari shankar, j.november29 2019 r.bararia w.p.(c) 8799/2018 page 2 of 2

Full Judgment

$~12 *IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Decided on 29th November, 2019 + W.P.(C) 8799/2018 COURT ON ITS OWN MOTION Through ........ Petitioner

Versus DELHI DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY Through: Mr. Arjun Pant, Adv. ..... Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C.HARI SHANKAR ORDER

2911.2019 % D.N. PATEL, CHIEF JUSTICE (ORAL) 1. This writ petition has been initiated by this Court on its own motion mainly for the reason that a letter was received by the Registrar General of this Court dated 14th November, 2017, wherein author of the letter has mentioned about the illegal construction at Village Poonthkalan, Delhi-110086.

2. Counsel appearing for the respondent submits that they will verify the facts mentioned in the letter and that, if there is any unauthorised construction, the same will be removed by the respondent, in accordance with law.

3. In view of the above submission, we hereby direct the respondent to arrive at the conclusion, initially, whether the construction in question is illegal or not. If the construction is found to be illegal in nature, the W.P.(C) 8799/2018 Page 1 of 2 same shall be removed by the respondent, in accordance with law, rules, regulations as applicable to the facts of the present case after giving an adequate opportunity of being heard to the owner/occupier of the superstructure as expeditiously as possible and practicable.

4. With these observations, this writ petition is hereby disposed of. CHIEF JUSTICE C.HARI SHANKAR, J.

NOVEMBER29 2019 r.bararia W.P.(C) 8799/2018 Page 2 of 2

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