$~47 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 6996/2025 & CM APPL. 44496/2025, CM APPL. 58631/2025 RAM BABU SHARMA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Shivam, Advocate Mob: 9717936353 Email: advshivambedi@gmail.com versus STATE GNCT OF DELHI & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Raghvendra Upadhyay, Panel Counsel, GNCTD with Ms. Purnima Jain, Advocate Mob: 9818720615 Email: advrghv@gmail.com Ms. Suruchi Mittal, SPC for R-2 to 4. Mob: 98110005191 Email: suruchi.m14@gmail.com Mr. Vikas Chopra, SC for MCD with Mr. Neeraj Kumar, Ms. Anita R Mishra, Ms. Khushi, Advocates Mob: 9212036118 Mr. Gaganmeet Singh Sachdeva, Mr. Harshpreet Singh Chadha, Mr. Hridyesh Khanna, Advocates for DDA SI K.P. Singh, PS. New Ashok Nagar CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MINI PUSHKARNA O R D E R % 22.09.2025 1. The present writ petition has been filed seeking directions to the 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 26/09/2025 at 11:52:57 respondents to remove the unauthorized parking and encroachment of public land being carried out by the shopkeepers of Shop nos. 5, 6 and 7, situated adjacent to Maharani Durga Mandir, Vasundhara Enclave, Delhi-110096. 2. A Status Report dated 20th September, 2025, has been handed over by the Station House Officer (“SHO”), Police Station – New Ashok Nagar, Delhi, which reads as under: 3. As per the aforesaid said Status Report, the encroachment in the form of parking of vehicles by the shopkeepers in the area in question, is being removed regularly by the police. Thus, action against the encroachment is being taken on a regular basis by the local police. 4. At this stage, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the traffic needs to be regulated during the festival season around the temple in question. 5. Accordingly, the SHO, Police Station-New Ashok Nagar, Delhi, 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 26/09/2025 at 11:52:57 directed to ensure that barricading near the temple in question be done during the festival season, in order to ensure regulation of the traffic and movement of pedestrians and people visiting the temple in question. 6. Further, the local police shall continue to take regular action, and ensure that there is no encroachment in the open space around the temple in question. 7. At this stage, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner be allowed to reinstall the street lights, which had been removed from outside the temple in question. 8. Accordingly, the petitioner is at liberty to make a representation to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (“MCD”) as well as to the concerned electricity department having jurisdiction in the area in question, for the said purpose. 9. Upon the petitioner making such a representation, the same shall be considered expeditiously by the concerned authorities. 10. The MCD is directed to ensure that the guidelines of the MCD with respect to sale of non-vegetarian food is duly complied with, and that no non-vegetarian food or meat etc. is sold within the specified distance of the temple in question, in terms of the Policy in this regard. 11. This Court also takes note of the barricading in the form of bollards in the area in question, photographs of which are reproduced 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 26/09/2025 at 11:52:57 12. Accordingly, the petitioner is at liberty to make a representation to the 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 26/09/2025 at 11:52:57 MCD and the local police station with regard thereto also. 13. In case, the petitioner is still aggrieved by any non-action on the part of the any statutory authorities, the petitioner is at liberty to seek his remedies, in accordance with law. 14. With the aforesaid directions, the present writ petition, along with the pending applications, is disposed of. MINI PUSHKARNA, J SEPTEMBER 22, 2025/ak 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 26/09/2025 at 11:52:57