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Suneja Towers Pvt. Ltd. and anr. Vs. Delhi Development Authority and anr.

Suneja Towers Pvt. Ltd. and anr. vs Delhi Development Authority and anr.

Type Court Judgment Court Delhi Decided Sep 15, 2003
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Citation
Court
Delhi High Court
Judge
Decided On
Case Number
C.W.P. No. 533 of 2001 and CMs 919 and 3694/2001
Subject
Property

Case Summary

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Unauthorised Occupation - Lease deed--Termination--Summary proceedings under Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants Act), 1971--Maintainability--Writ petition thereagainst--Termination of lease deed executed in favor of petitioner consequent to proceedings taken by Estate Officer--Civil Suit already fil...

Key legal issue
Property
Acts & sections
Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants Act), 1971

Parties & Advocates

Appellant / Petitioner

Suneja Towers Pvt. Ltd. and anr.

Advocate B.B. Ahuja, Sr. Adv. and; Rajiv Ranjan Dwivedi, Adv

Respondent

Delhi Development Authority and anr.

Advocate Rakesh Munjal, Sr. Adv. and ; Pawan Mathur, Adv.

Legal References

Cases Referred
Express Newspapers Pvt. Ltd. and Ors. v. Union of India and Ors.
Reported In
2004(72)DRJ685

Excerpt

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Full Judgment

Sanjay Kishan Kaul, J.

1. The present writ petition has been filed by the petitioner aggrieved by the action taken in respect of plot No. 7, District Centre, Janak Puri, New Delhi by the respondents.

2. The first relief is in respect of the notice dated 12.2.1998 determining the lease in favor of the petitioner. It is not disputed that the petitioner has already filed a civil suit in respect of this relief and, thus, the present remedy is not available to the petitioner.

3. The other reliefs claimed for by the petitioner are as a consequence of the Estate Officer, respondent No. 2, taking proceedings under the Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants Act), 1971 (hereinafter to be referred to as, 'the said Act'). It is not disputed that a lease deed was executed in favor of the petitioner, which has been subsequently terminated.

4. Learned senior counsel for the petitioner placed strong reliance in the judgment of the Supreme Court in Express Newspapers Pvt. Ltd. and Ors. v. Union of India and Ors., : AIR 1986 SC872 , wherein it has been held that the proper recourse available to the perpetual Lesser in such a case would be by filing a civil suit for possession and not by taking recourse to the summary proceedings under the said Act.

5. I find force in the contention of learned senior counsel for the petitioner and, in fact, the matter is no more rest integra in view of the judgment of the Supreme Court in Express Newspapers Pvt. Ltd. (supra).

6. In view of the aforesaid, the notice issued by respondent No. 2 under the said Act is hereby quashed leaving it open to respondent No. 1 to take recourse in accordance with law against the petitioner in pursuance to the order cancelling the lease in favor of the petitioner.

7. The writ petition is disposed of in the aforesaid terms leaving the parties to bear their own, costs.

CMs 919 & 3694/2001

No further orders are called for in these applications in view of the disposal of the writ petition.

Applications stands disposed of.

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