$~101 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI # CNR No. DLHC010409042026 + W.P.(C) 12656/2026 SATVINDER KAUR .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Aquib Ali, Ms. Amreen Khaliq and Mr. Tarush Verma, Advocates. versus DISTRICT MAGISTRATE REVENUE DEPARTMENT GOVERNMENT OF NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Anubhav Gupta, Panel Counsel ( Civil ) for GNCTD/respondent. CORAM: HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA O R D E R % 01.09.2026 CM APPL. 58672/2026 (exemption) 1. Allowed, subject to all just exceptions. 2. Application stands disposed of. W.P.(C) 12656/2026 3. By way of the present petition, the petitioner is seeking following prayers: “a. Pass an appropriate order and/or direction in the nature of mandamus against the Respondent to cancel the Surviving Member Certificate bearing no. 90660000087013 issued by the concerned District Magistrate, Alipur, North West in favour of Smt. Harbhajan Kaur, or in alternative; b. Pass an appropriate order and/or direction against the respondent to treat the present writ petition as a representation with directions to the Respondent to finish an inquiry and to pass an appropriate order in a time bound manner and/or;.” 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 07/09/2026 at 14:03:00 4. Issue notice. Mr. Anubhav Gupta, learned Panel Counsel accepts notice on behalf of respondent/GNCTD. 5. Briefly stated the facts of the present case are that the petitioner married Tarsem Singh, the only son of Joginder Singh and Harbhajan Kaur, on 11.01.2012. Tarsem Singh unfortunately expired on 20.12.2012. Thereafter, Joginder Singh expired on 02.07.2017, leaving behind the petitioner and her mother-in-law, Harbhajan Kaur, as his only legal heirs. Subsequently, upon the demise of Harbhajan Kaur on 30.07.2024, the petitioner became the sole surviving legal heir in respect of the estate in question. It is stated that in the interregnum, the petitioner was forcibly dispossessed by her relatives from the said matrimonial property. It was thereafter discovered that two sale deeds dated 17.08.2021 and 01.09.2021 had been executed in favour of Hunny Singh in respect of the property. The aforesaid sale deeds appear to have been executed on the basis of a Surviving Member Certificate bearing No. 90660000087013, issued by the office of DM, Alipur, wherein the petitioner's status as a legal heir was suppressed and the mother-in-law of the petitioner was incorrectly shown as the sole surviving legal heir. It is the petitioner's case that the Surviving Member Certificate was procured by deliberately suppressing material facts regarding the petitioner's status as a legal heir and, further, that the same was issued by an authority lacking the requisite territorial jurisdiction. The petitioner further submits that the sale transactions are prima facie tainted by fraud, particularly in view of the circumstances indicating that the sale consideration purportedly paid to Hunny Singh, or his relatives, was subsequently returned, thereby raising serious questions regarding the genuineness and bona fides of the said transactions. 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 07/09/2026 at 14:03:00 6. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and having regard to the nature of the grievance raised in the present petition, this Court deems it appropriate to dispose of the present petition with a direction to the respondent to treat the present petition as a representation on behalf of the petitioner. The respondent shall examine the grievance raised by the petitioner, conduct an appropriate inquiry into the allegations made, and thereafter pass a reasoned and speaking order in accordance with law, within a period of three months from today. The decision so taken shall be duly communicated to the petitioner. 7. In above terms, the present petition stands disposed of. 8. It is clarified that this Court has not expressed any opinion on the merits of the allegations raised by the petitioner, and the respondent shall consider the matter in accordance with law. 9. In case of any further grievance, the petitioner will be at liberty to approach this Court by way of a fresh writ petition. 10. The order be uploaded on the website forthwith. DR. SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J SEPTEMBER 01, 2026/vc VS 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 07/09/2026 at 14:03:00