Municipal Corporation Of Delhi v. Union Of India & ORS.

$~107 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 5971/2024 MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF DELHI ..... Petitioner Through:

Dr.

Menaka Guruswamy, Sr.

Advocate with Mr.

Sanjay Vashishtha, Standing Counsel.

Mr. Dayan Krishnan, Sr. Advocate with Mr.

Rishi Agrawala, Mr.

Mahesh Agarwal, Mr. Daksh Arora, Mr. Harsh Mittal, Mr. Shreedhar Kale and Mr. Naman Agarwal, Advocates for R-2 and 3.

versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS ...... Respondents Through:

Mr. Kirtiman Singh, CGSC with Mr.

Rudra Paliwal, GP and Mr. Varun Pratap Singh, Mr. Waize Ali Noor, Mr.

Kartik Baijal, Mr.

Aryan, Advocates.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUBRAMONIUM PRASAD

O R D E R

% 29.04.2024 CM APPL. 24776/2024 (Exemption) Allowed, subject to all just exceptions.

W.P.(C) 5971/2024 & CM APPL. 24775/2024 1.

Learned Senior Counsel for the Petitioner states that the Petitioner has already approached the passport authorities for exercising its powers under Section 10(3)(c) read with Section 10(3)(e) of the Passports Act. 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 01/05/2024 at 12:35:44

2.

Without making any observation on the merits of the case and keeping the rights and contentions of the all the parties open, the authorities under the Passports Act are requested to consider the representation of the Petitioner and take a decision in accordance with law as expeditiously as possible.

3.

With these observations, the writ petition is disposed of along with pending application(s), if any.

SUBRAMONIUM PRASAD, J APRIL 29, 2024 hsk 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 01/05/2024 at 12:35:44