$~23 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 13133/2024, CM APPL. 54902/2024, CM APPL. 808/2025 CM APPL. 24294/2025, CM APPL. 27438/2025 L. MANI RAM KUMAR AND SONS & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Sahil Sharma & Mr. Sarthak Srivastava, Advs. versus DELHI DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY THROUGH VICE CHAIRMAN .....Respondent Through: Mr. Abhishek Wadhwa, Adv. for R-1/ DDA. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASMEET SINGH O R D E R % 09.04.2026 1. This is a writ petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking the following prayers: “a) To issue a writ of Certiorari or any other writ, order or direction in the nature thereof, quashing the order/ Letter dated 08.08.2024 passed by the Respondent; b) To issue a writ of Mandamus or any other writ, order or direction in the nature thereof, issuing necessary direction to the Respondent to adjudicate and decide the representation dated 16.05.2024 written by the Petitioners to the Respondent for the execution of a Rectification Deed/ Registration deed of Conveyance deed dated 16.09.2014...” This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 20/04/2026 at 13:36:29 2. Mr. Sahil Sharma, learned counsel for the petitioner restricts his arguments only to a limited perspective, i.e. to quash letter/order dated 08.08.2024. 3. He states that in the present case a registered conveyance deed was executed in favour of the petitioner on 16.09.2014. On averments of the said conveyance deed having been executed by fraudulent documents, the DDA passed impugned order dated 08.08.2024, which reads as under:- This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 20/04/2026 at 13:36:29 This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 20/04/2026 at 13:36:29 4. Hence the present petition. 5. Mr. Wadhwa, learned counsel appearing for the respondent no. 1 states that one Ms. Rushali Khera had filed W.P. (Crl) 1771/ 2022 and this Court on 03.03.2023 directed as under:- “15. The Hon’ble High Court has disposed off the W.P. (Crl) 1771/22 on 03.03.2023 with the following direction:- “15. In view of the above, the writ petition is disposed off with a direction to Respondent No. 4/ DDA to decide the representation dated 28.01.2022 by passing a speaking order, within a period of four weeks.” 6. It is pursuant to the said direction that the impugned order has been passed. 7. Mr. Deepak Vashisht, learned counsel appears for Ms. Rushali Khera and states that the DDA has filed a civil suit under Section 31 of the Specific Relief Act, 1963 hence the present petition has become infructuous. 8. I have heard learned counsels for the parties. 9. In the present case, the averments made by Ms. Khera regarding the conveyance deed having been executed by use of fraudulent documents and in a malafide and illegal manner is for a civil court to adjudicate. The Civil suit in this regard being CS (COMM.) 582/2025 titled DDA v. L Mani Ram Kumar & Sons is already pending. 10. Reliance has been placed on Satya Pal Anand v. State of Madhya Pradesh & Ors., (2016) 10 SCC 767 which deals with the law with regard to cancellation of a registered deed. Relevant paragraphs read as under:- “40. .......At the same time, once the document is This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 20/04/2026 at 13:36:29 registered, it is not open to the Registering Officer to cancel that registration even if his attention is invited to some irregularity committed during the registration of the document. The aggrieved party can challenge the registration and validity of the document before the Civil Court. The majority view of the Full Bench was that if a person is aggrieved by the Extinguishment Deed or its registration, his remedy is to seek appropriate relief in the Civil Court and a Writ Petition is not the proper remedy. 41. Section 35 of the Act does not confer a quasi-judicial power on the Registering Authority. The Registering Officer is expected to reassure that the document to be registered is accompanied by supporting documents. He is not expected to evaluate the title or irregularity in the document as such. The examination to be done by him is incidental, to ascertain that there is no violation of provisions of the Act of 1908. In the case of Park View Enterprises (supra) it has been observed that the function of the Registering Officer is purely administrative and not quasi-judicial. He cannot decide as to whether a document presented for registration is executed by person having title, as mentioned in the instrument. We agree with that exposition.” (emphasis added) 11. Similarly, reliance has been placed on paragraph 21 of Raj Rani v. This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 20/04/2026 at 13:36:29 DDA & Ors, 2024:DHC:7399, which reads as under:- “21. I have given my thoughtful consideration to the submissions advanced by learned counsels for the rival parties at the Bar and I have also perused the record. At the outset, this court finds that the impugned letter/notice (s) dated 24.09.2007 & 04.06.2008 followed by subsequent decision vide letter dated 13.08.2010 by the DDA, thereby intimating cancellation of the Conveyance Deed dated 13.04.2004 cannot be sustained in law.” 12. In view of the above, since it is the settled law that a registered conveyance deed can only be cancelled by a Civil Court in a suit seeking cancellation, the impugned order of 08.08.2024 cannot be sustained and is consequently set aside. The Court has not examined the allegations of fraud made by Ms. Khera or the DDA and the same are subject matter of the Civil Suit. 13. Accordingly, the present petition is disposed of. JASMEET SINGH, J APRIL 9, 2026/NG This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 20/04/2026 at 13:36:29