Lalita Devi v. Union Of India & ORS.
$~78 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + LPA 1179/2024, CM APPL. 70658/2024 (Stay) & CM APPL. 70661/2024 (Delay) LALITA DEVI .....Appellant Through:
Mr. Ashutosh Bhardwaj, Mr.
Prateek Rai, Mr. Ashish Pandey and Mr. Paras Chaubey, Advs.
versus UNION OF INDIA & ORS.
.....Respondents Through:
Mr. Kushagra Kumar, SPC with Mr. Abhinav Bhardwaj, GP for UOI.
CORAM:
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE YASHWANT VARMA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DHARMESH SHARMA
O R D E R
% 04.12.2024 CM APPL. 70659/2024 (Ex.) & CM APPL. 70660/2024 (Ex.) Allowed, subject to all just exceptions.
The applications stand disposed of.
LPA 1179/2024, CM APPL. 70658/2024 (Stay) & CM APPL. 70661/2024 (Delay) 1.
We take note of an identical challenge which had been raised in M/s Shashikala Gupta vs. Union of India & Ors.1 and which had come to be disposed of in the following terms: "2.
The prayer now made is that in light of a subsequent order passed by the Supreme Court in M/s Veer and Company Graduate Partnership Concern & Anr. vs Union of India & Ors. and wherein the period to vacate has been further extended by four (04) months, the same additional extension should, on grounds of parity, be accorded to the appellant.
3.
We find ourselves unable to accede to that request bearing in mind the undisputed position that emerges from the record, namely, of the licence period having been extended for a period of three 1 LPA 1144/2024 dated 25 November 2024 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 18/12/2024 at 11:43:45
months in the impugned order, with the learned Single Judge relying on the order passed by the Division Bench of the Court in M/s Kaushalya Meena vs. Union of India and Ors. which has come to be uniformly followed.
4.
In view of the aforesaid and bearing in mind the order passed in M/s Kaushalya Meena, we find ourselves unable to accede to the prayer as made.
5.
The appeals fail and shall stand dismissed."
2.
Following the order passed thereon, we find no justification to grant a further extension as prayed for.
3.
The appeal consequently fails and shall stand dismissed. YASHWANT VARMA, J DHARMESH SHARMA, J DECEMBER 04, 2024/gunn 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 18/12/2024 at 11:43:45