$~61 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI # CNR No. DLHC010464452026 + W.P.(C) 14286/2026, CM APPL. 66869/2026, CM APPL. 66870/2026 KANTA DEVI .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Harsh Panwar and Ms. Kavita Bhardwaj, Advs. versus MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Shivam Sachdeva, and Mr. Yash Agrawal, Advs. for MCD CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SAURABH BANERJEE O R D E R % 25.09.2026 The present petition has been received on urgent mentioning and is taken up for hearing accordingly. 1. By virtue of the present petition under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner seeks following reliefs: “a. Issue an appropriate writ, order or direction restraining the Respondent Municipal Corporation of Delhi, its officers, servants, agents and representatives from taking any coercive action, including demolition, sealing or dispossession, pursuant to the demolition order dated 13.07.2026 in respect of property bearing No. T-265-C, Khasra No. 740/496, Chirag Delhi, New Delhi-110 017, admeasuring about 99 sq. yds.; b. Issue an appropriate writ, order or direction directing the Respondent Corporation to maintain status quo with respect to the aforesaid property till the adjudication of Appeal No. 647/2026 and connected Appeal Nos. 646/2026 and 451/2026 pending before the Appellate Tribunal, Municipal Corporation of Delhi;” 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 26/09/2026 at 11:50:51 2. Issue notice. Learned counsel for the respondent/ MCD accepts notice. 3. At the outset, it is the case of the petitioner that the MCD issued the Sanction Plan with respect to the subject property way back on 11.04.2025, which was on the basis of the approval granted to him by an architect named Nidhi Nidhi, whose licence no. s/00298 at serial no.371 was reflecting “Active” on the official website/ portal of the MCD at the relevant time. However, it is only thereafter, and that too only after the grant of the aforesaid sanction plan, that the MCD issued a fresh list of debarred architects, wherein it was for the first time stated that the said architect, Nidhi Nidhi was debarred from 31.05.2026 till 11.09.2027. That, in any event, does not come to the aid of the MCD. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner further submits that though the petitioner has filed as many as three appeals being appeal nos. 451/2026, 646/2026 and 647/2026 before the learned Appellate Tribunal, Municipal Corporation of Delhi (ATMC), however, they were adjourned for 06.10.2026. In fact, the petitioner also moved an application seeking early hearing before the learned ATMC, which also have been dismissed vide order dated 08.09.2026 issued. 5. He submits that in a contempt petitioner filed pursuant to the order dated 23.07.2026 passed by this Court in W.P.(C) 9974/2026, learned counsel for the MCD has made a statement to the effect that the demolition of the subject property would be carried out on 26.09.2026. It is that which has prompted the petitioner to approach this Court by way of the present writ petition. 6. Considering the aforesaid submissions as also since the petitioner 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 26/09/2026 at 11:50:51 herein is admittedly one of the, if not the only, surviving LR of the original owner thereof the owner of the property, the demolition process which is stated to be carried out by the MCD on the subject property on 26.09.2026 is deferred till the outcome of the application for stay filed by the petitioner in appeal no. 647/2026 and connected appeal nos. 646/2026 and 451/2026 pending before the learned ATMC. 7. As such, the present petition, alongwith pending applications, is disposed of. 8. Considering the factual matrix involved, learned ATMC is requested to dispose of the application seeking stay, filed by the petitioner in appeal no. 647/2026 and connected appeal nos. 646/2026 and 451/2026, as expeditiously as possible on its own merits without being influenced by any of the observations made by this Court in the present order. SAURABH BANERJEE, J SEPTEMBER 25, 2026/Ab 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 26/09/2026 at 11:50:51