$~94 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 4969/2024 RAISINA BENGALI SCHOOL SOCIETY THROUGH ITS SECRETARY MANAGER GOVERNING BODY & ANR. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Anukul Raj, Mrs. Nikita Raj, Mr. Tushar Bhalla, Mr.Naveen, Mr. Manjeet Goswami, Mr.Rohit Dubey, Advs. versus GOVT OF NATIONAL CAPITAL TERRITORY OF DELHI & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Adv Dhruv Rohatgi, Adv Chandrika Sachdev Adv Dhruv kumar CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASMEET SINGH O R D E R % 20.01.2026 1. This is a writ petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking the following prayer: “a. Allow this Writ Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for issuance of appropriate writ, order or direction in nature of Mandamus or any other writ of similar nature, directing the Respondents to treat and acknowledge Petitioner No.2 school as a Linguistic Minority school for the purposes of DSEAR, 1973 in accordance with Constitution of India, and/ or” 2. Mr. Raj, learned counsel for the petitioner, has drawn my attention to various documents to show that the petitioner school has been set up, managed and administered by a linguistic minority i.e. Bengali. He further 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 23/01/2026 at 12:41:00 states that the governing body from the date of institution till today only comprises of Bengali people and the 52nd report submitted by the Commissioner for Linguistic Minority recognizes Bengali as a linguistic minority. 3. He further draws my attention to documents annexed at Annexure P-24, pursuant to which the petitioner school came to occupy the land in question. 4. Additionally, the society runs 2 schools, one at Chittranjan Park and the one at Mandir Marg. The school at Chittranjan Park has already been granted a linguistic minority status. 5. Mr. Rohatgi, learned counsel for the respondents, object to the same and states that the petitioner has not given its land allotment papers and that is the reason the respondent has been unable to process the application of the petitioner. 6. Mr. Raj, learned counsel for the petitioner states that the documents annexed as Annexure P-24 with this petition are the only papers of allotment with the petitioner. 7. The Department of Education directed to consider the petition as a representation and dispose of the same expeditiously and in any case not later than 4 weeks from today. 8. The petition is disposed of in aforesaid terms. 9. In case the petitioner is aggrieved by any action of the respondents, the petitioner is at liberty to revive the petition. JASMEET SINGH, J JANUARY 20, 2026/DM 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 23/01/2026 at 12:41:00