W.P.(C) 12753/2025 $~21 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 12753/2025 & CM APPL. 52111/2025 MADHU SUDAN SHARMA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Jitender Mehta, Advocate versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Ripu Daman Bhardwaj, CGSC with Mr. Kushagra Kumar and Ms. Kritika Malik, Advocates for UoI. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT BANSAL O R D E R % 23.07.2026 1. Mr. Jitender Mehta, counsel appearing for the petitioner, fairly submits that the present petition is covered by the judgment dated 25th February, 2026 passed by this Court in W.P.(C) 18000/2025 titled ‘Vandana Mishra v. Union of India & Ors.’ and other connected matters. 2. In Vandana Mishra (supra) and other connected matters, the petitioners approached the Court seeking extension of their catering licences by seven months on account of reduced footfall during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Court noted that the petitioners had entered into Master License Agreements in March 2021 or thereafter, i.e. after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, with full knowledge of prevailing conditions, and the agreements expressly stipulated a fixed tenure of five years with a provision that no further extension or renewal can be granted to the licensees. It was further observed that the respondents had already granted concessions in 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 25/07/2026 at 11:58:04 W.P.(C) 12753/2025 license fees during the pandemic period. 3. The facts in the present case are pari materia with the facts in the aforesaid writ petitions. 4. The appeal against the aforesaid judgment was also dismissed by the Division Bench by judgment dated 20th March 2026 in LPA 116/2026. 5. Accordingly, in terms of the judgment passed by this Court, the present petition is dismissed. AMIT BANSAL, J JULY 23, 2026 ds 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 25/07/2026 at 11:58:04