Sh Sultan Since Deceased Thr His Lrs v. Gaon Sabha Shikarpur
$~74 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 11859/2025 and CM APPL. 48434/2025, CM APPL. 48435/2025, CM APPL. 48436/2025 SH SULTAN SINCE DECEASED THR HIS LRS .....Petitioners Through:
Mr. Praveen Suri, Advocate.
versus GAON SABHA SHIKARPUR .....Respondent Through:
Mr.
Manashwy Jha, Panel Counsel (Civil).
CORAM:
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE PRATEEK JALAN
O R D E R
% 07.08.2025 1.
Issue notice. Mr. Manashwy Jha, learned Panel Counsel, accepts notice on behalf of the respondent.
2.
By way of the present petition, the petitioners seek the following reliefs:- "(a) To call for the records of the petition filed by the deceased petitioner, late Shri Sultan before SDM/ Revenue Asstt., Punjabi Bagh, New Delhi for declaring the bhoomidary rights in respect of Khasra No. 4/23/1 measuring 4 bighas situated in the revenue estate of Village: Shikarpur, Delhi under Section 74(4) of the Delhi Land Reforms Act.
(b) To give directions to the Ld. Court of S D M / Revenue Assistant in respect of the petition filed by the deceased petitioner, late Shri Sultan for declaring the bhoomidary rights in respect of Khasra No. 4/23/1 measuring 4 bighas situated in the revenue estate of Village: Shikarpur, Delhi under Section 74(4) of the Delhi Land Reforms Act to decide the matter within a span period of 6 months or as this Hon'ble Court may deem it fit and proper in the facts and circumstances of the case.
(c) Costs of the present petition be also awarded in favour of the Petitioners and against the Respondent.
(d) Any other order as may be deemed fit and proper in view of W.P.(C) 11859/2025 Page 1 of 2 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 11/08/2025 at 12:42:34
the aforesaid facts and circumstances may also be passed in favour of the Petitioners and against the Respondent." 3.
It is the contention of the petitioners that proceedings filed by their predecessor in interest before the Sub-Divisional Magistrate, Kapashera ["SDM"], under Section 74 (4) of the Delhi Land Reforms Act, 1954, remain pending for over thirty years. 4.
Mr. Jha has taken instructions on advance notice, and submits that the proceedings will be disposed of within a period of eight months from today. No further directions are sought in this writ petition. 5.
Mr. Praveen Suri, learned counsel for the petitioners, points that the petitioners have also filed applications before the SDM for substitution in place of the deceased applicant. Those applications will also be considered by the concerned authorities. The entertainment of this writ petition by this Court does not decide the issue one way or the other.
6.
The writ petition, alongwith pending applications, is disposed of in terms of the above submission, without prejudice to the rights and contentions of the parties.
PRATEEK JALAN, J AUGUST 7, 2025 UK/KA/ W.P.(C) 11859/2025 Page 2 of 2 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 11/08/2025 at 12:42:34