$~40 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 3536/2025 & CM APPL. 16568/2025 MEENA @ MEENA DEVI & ORS. .....Petitioners Through: Ms. Indira Unninayar, Ms. Apoorva Agarwal, Advocates (M:9810269803) Email: indiraunninayar@gmail.com versus MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF DELHI & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Ms. Prabhsahay Kaur, SC with Mr. Bir Inder Singh Gurum and Ms. Kavya Shukla, Advocates Email: sahayk@gmail.com Mob: 9711778471 Mr. Kapil Dutta and Mr. Siddharth Parashar, Advocates for MCD with Mr. Ramraj Meena, EE and Mr. V.K. Singh, AE for MCD (Mob: 8826993777) Mob: 9811135509 Email: kapilduttamcd@gmail.com Mr. Anuj Chaturvedi, Ms. Richa Dhawan and Ms. Shivani, Advocates for DUSIB Mob: 8860301988 Mr. Ripudaman Bhardwaj, CGSC with Mr. Kushagra Kumar and Mr. Amit Kumar Rana, Advocates for DP CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MINI PUSHKARNA 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 16/10/2025 at 14:27:52 O R D E R % 14.10.2025 1. The present writ petition has been filed seeking directions to quash/stay the Vacation Notice dated 07th March, 2025, issued regarding the removal of alleged encroachment in the shape of jhuggis in Y Block, Sanjay Colony at Y5-Y8 back lane of Y1-Y12 and ESS Okhla Industrial Area Phase II, New Delhi. 2. This Court notes that vide order dated 23rd April, 2025, this Court had directed that no coercive action shall be taken against the petitioners till the next date of hearing. 3. Today, learned counsel appearing for the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (“MCD”), on instructions from the concerned Official, who is present in Court, submits that the MCD shall not act upon the said Vacation Notice dated 07th March, 2025. 4. At this stage, learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that if that be the case, if in future any action is sought to be taken, the same shall be done in accordance with law, considering the fact that the petitioners have the right to be rehabilitated and protected in terms of the Delhi Slum and Jhuggi Rehabilitation and Relocation Policy, 2015 (“Policy”) of the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board (“DUSIB”). 5. Accordingly, considering the submissions made before this Court that the MCD is not acting upon the Vacation Notice, the Vacation Notice dated 07th March, 2025, issued by the MCD, is hereby quashed. 6. It is further directed that, in case, in future, the MCD intends to take any action, the MCD shall ensure that it shall coordinate and consult the Delhi Development Authority (“DDA”) as well as the DUSIB. 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 16/10/2025 at 14:27:52 7. Further, any action shall be taken only in accordance with law, after following the due procedure and considering the Policy of the DUSIB with regard to rehabilitation. 8. With the aforesaid directions, the present writ petition, along with the pending application, is accordingly disposed of. MINI PUSHKARNA, J OCTOBER 14, 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 16/10/2025 at 14:27:52