Harpreet Kaur v. Government Of NCT Of Delhi & ORS.

$~61 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 2695/2025 HARPREET KAUR .....Petitioner Through:

Mr. Syed Hasan Isfahani, Adv.

versus GOVERNMENT OF NCT OF DELHI & ORS. .....Respondents Through:

Ms. Sweety Singh, Advocate for R-1 and 2.

Ms. Farhat Jahan Rehmani, ASC, Ms.

Fatima Parveen Adv. for R-3.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PURUSHAINDRA KUMAR KAURAV

O R D E R

% 19.01.2026 1.

The petition has been filed for the following reliefs: "(a) issue a writ of Mandamus directing the Respondent No. 1 and 2 to release the Registered Gift Deed presented before the Respondent No. 2 vide Registration receipt no. 8413 and paid. Stamp Duty of Rs. 74,400/- alongwith registration and copying fee of Rs. 18,700/- in respect of property bearing No. 1498 (Part) admeasuring 20 Sq. Yds. Situated at church Road, Kashmiri Gate, Delhi; and (b) issue Writ of Mandamus directing the Respondent No.3 to issue no objection to the Petitioner and intimate the Ld. Sub-Registrar Kashmiri Gate for getting the Gift deed registered qua property bearing No. 1498 (Part) Situated at church Road, Kashmiri Gate, Delhi by stating that the said property is not a waqf property;

( c) pass such other and further orders as this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper in the facts and circumstances of the case." 2.

It is the case of the petitioner that the property in question has never been included in the Waqf deed and always remained the personal property of Sultana Bi, daughter of the Waqif.

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3.

Learned counsel appearing for respondent no.3 submits that certain information has been required from the Sub-Registrar, Kashmiri Gate and the same is still awaited. Be that as it may, it is the responsibility of respondent no.2 to expeditiously examine the status of the property and act accordingly in order to facilitate the Registration of the document(s) presented before it. There should not be any undue delay on the part of the authorities.

4.

Let the Registrar to either register the property or to pass a speaking order within a period of two months from the receipt of a copy of the order passed today as to why the property in question cannot be registered. 5.

The petitioner, thereafter, shall be at liberty to take recourse in accordance with law. The petition alongwith pending applications stand disposed of.

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