W.P.(C) 6332/2026 $~42 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 6332/2026 & CM APPL. 31198/2026 SHRI AJAY KUMAR GUPTA SOLE PROPRIETOR OF M/S SURINDFR AND CO .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Sahil Goel, Advocate versus MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF DELHI THROUGH ITS COMMISSIONER & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Sanjay Vashishtha, Standing Counsel for MCD with Mr. Siddhartha Goswami, Mr. Krish Bhatia and Mr. Aditya Sachdeva, Advocates CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT BANSAL O R D E R % 21.05.2026 1. The present writ petition has been filed seeking a direction to respondent-MCD to release a sum of ₹1,05,61,894/- due and payable to petitioner under work order dated 25th February, 2022. 2. Attention of the Court has been drawn to running bill dated 28th March, 2023 (Annexure P-5 to the writ petition), in terms of which, it is submitted that MCD has approved the said bill. It is further submitted that a legal notice was issued to MCD on 27th November, 2024 (Annexure P-6 to the writ petition). However, no response thereto has been received. 3. Issue notice. 4. Notice is accepted by respondents. 5. Status report/counter affidavit be filed within six (6) weeks. 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 25/05/2026 at 13:14:10 W.P.(C) 6332/2026 6. List on 17th September, 2026. AMIT BANSAL, J MAY 21, 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 25/05/2026 at 13:14:10