$~12 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 9432/2026 & CM APPLs. 43919-43920/2026 DHARAMVIR RANA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Gautam Garg, Advocate. versus GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Lalltaksh Joshi and Ms. Minu Kumari, Advocates for R-1 & 2. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJEEV NARULA O R D E R % 23.07.2026 1. The Petitioner had preferred a revision petition under Section 42 of the East Punjab Holdings (Consolidation and Prevention of Fragmentation) Act, 1948 assailing the ex parte order dated 20th October, 2015, whereby the Consolidation Officer (Khera Kalan) partitioned/separated the Khata of the Petitioner and Respondents No. 3 to 5, allegedly without issuing any notice to the Petitioner. The Financial Commissioner, however, having noted that the land in question stood urbanised under Section 507 of the Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957, concluded that the revision petition was not maintainable and accordingly disposed of the same without examining the merits of the case. Nevertheless, in paragraph 11 of the said order, the parties were granted protection to approach the appropriate forum in the following terms: “11. Further, seeing the peculiar circumstances of the cases, it would not be fair to deprive the parties from seeking remedy as per law. Accordingly, protection is provided to all the parties for the next forty five 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 12:01:26 days to enable them to approach the appropriate forum of law for redressal of their grievances, if any. During this period, no third party interest shall be created by any party in the impugned land.” 2. Counsel for the Petitioner submits that the aforesaid period of protection may be extended and that the Petitioner may be granted liberty to approach the competent Civil Court to challenge the ex parte order dated 20th October, 2015, in accordance with law. 3. In view of the foregoing, the present petition is disposed of with liberty to the Petitioner to avail such remedies as may be available in law before the competent Civil Court. The protection contained in paragraph 11 of the order extracted hereinabove shall continue to operate for a further period of 30 days from today. 4. With the above direction, the present petition is disposed of along with pending applications. SANJEEV NARULA, J JULY 23, 2026 as 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 12:01:26