p. 1 $~63 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + CS(OS) 460/2022 VINNY CHAWLA .....Plaintiff Through: Mr. Samrat Nigam, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Bhuvanesh Sehgal, Ms. Arpita Rawat and Mr. Pradeep M., Advs. versus CHETANYA BUILDCON PVT LTD AND ORS .....Defendants Through: Ms. Sonam, Advocate for D-1 to 4 Mr. Mudit Gupta and Mr. Siddhant Kumar, Advocates for D-5 CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MANMEET PRITAM SINGH ARORA O R D E R % 01.04.2025 I.A. 8420/2025 (on behalf of the plaintiff under Section 151 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 read with Section 16 of Court Fees Act, 1870 for directions) 1. This is an application filed by the plaintiff seeking to place on record the Settlement Agreement dated 24.02.2025 (‘Agreement’) executed between the parties before the Delhi High Court Mediation and Conciliation Centre (‘Mediation Centre’). 2. Learned counsels for defendant nos. 1 to 4 and defendant no. 5 respectively confirm that defendant nos. 1 to 4 have complied with their obligations under Clause 3, 4, 6 and 7 of the Agreement. 3. Learned counsel for defendant no. 5 states that in view of the aforesaid compliance he joins the request of defendant nos. 1 to 4 to release 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 07/04/2025 at 12:55:49 p. 2 the amount of Rs. 28 lakhs deposited with the registry of this Court to the said defendants. 4. Leaned counsel for defendant nos. 1 to 4 states that it is alive to the obligation for prior property taxes and remains bound by the same. 5. Learned senior counsel for the plaintiff states that as per the settlement agreement, the plaintiff under Clause 16 of the Agreement has undertaken to withdraw the present suit’ and he therefore, prays that the present suit be permitted to be withdrawn. 5.1 He prays that in view of the settlement arrived at between the parties, the Court fee be refunded to the plaintiff as per Section 16 of the Court Fees Act, 1870. 5.2 He states on instructions that the plaintiff undertakes to deposit Rs. 2.5 lakhs with the Delhi High Court Legal Services Committee (DHCLSC) within ten (10) days. 6. Learned counsel for defendant no. 5 states on instructions that defendant no. 5 also undertakes to deposit Rs. 2.5 lakhs with DHCLSC within ten (10) days. 7. This Court has considered the submissions of the parties. 8. This Court takes note of the submission that all claims of the plaintiff qua Defendant Nos. 1 to 4 stand satisfied. 9. In view of the Settlement Agreement dated 24.02.2025 and as per the undertaking of the plaintiff at Clause 16, the present suit is dismissed as withdrawn. 10. Parties are bound down to the Settlement Agreement dated 24.02.2025. 11. Subject to the plaintiff and defendant no. 5 depositing Rs. 2.5 lakhs 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 07/04/2025 at 12:55:49 p. 3 each with DHCLSC within ten (10) days, the registry is directed to release the amount of Rs. 28 lakhs deposited with this Court to defendant no. 1 along with the interest thereon. Further, refund 100 % Court Fees to the plaintiff within four (4) weeks, in accordance with law. 12. In addition, the registry is directed to release to the Plaintiff the original sale deed dated 11.11.2024 along with E-Fee receipt and Form A deposited in sealed cover no. 5126. 13. With the aforesaid directions, the application stands allowed CS(OS) 460/2022 14. The suit stands dismissed as withdrawn in the aforesaid terms. 15. Pending applications stand disposed of. 16. Interim orders stand vacated. 17. All future dates stand cancelled. 18. The digitally signed copy of this order, duly uploaded on the official website of the Delhi High Court, www.delhihighcourt.nic.in, shall be treated as a certified copy of the order for the purpose of ensuring compliance. No physical copy of order shall be insisted by any authority/entity or litigant. MANMEET PRITAM SINGH ARORA, J APRIL 1, 2025/msh/AKT Click here to check corrigendum, if any 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 07/04/2025 at 12:55:49