W.P.(C)/14198/2026 of PANKAJ WALIA Vs GNCT OF DELHI THROUGH CHIEF SECRETARY DELHI & ORS. on 25 September 2026

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W.P.(C) 14198/2026, W.P.(C) 14270/2026 & W.P.(C) 14273/2026

1. Issue notice. Mr. Lalltaksh Joshi, learned counsel, accepts notice on behalf of respondent Nos. 1 and 2 – Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi [“GNCTD”].

2. The present petitions have been filed by the petitioners, seeking a direction upon respondent Nos. 1 and 2 to register the respective Sale/Gift deeds executed in their favour.

3. The particulars of the respective Sale/Gift deeds and the immovable properties forming the subject matter of the present petitions are set out below: Writ petitions Vendor(s)/ Donor(s) Purchaser(s)/ Donee(s) Date of the Sale/Gift Deeds Land Details W.P.(C) 14198/2026 Prem Chand Jain Pankaj Walia Sale Deed dated 20.08.2026 Plot of land measuring 4 Biswas i.e. 200 sq. yards., & 167.22 sq. mtrs., out of Khasra No. 143/1032, situated in the area of extended industrial area of tehsil Khanjhawala, Distt. North-West, Delhi – 110081. W.P.(C) 14270/2026 Kamla Devi @ Kamla Devi Mann Ashish Kumar Dabas @ Ashish Gift Deed dated 06.08.2026 Property bearing No. 142/51, land measuring 800 (eight hundred) sq. yards, out of Khasra No. 142, situated in the extended Lal Dora of

W.P.(C) 14273/2026 Vikas Mittal Abha Mittal Gift Deed dated 07.08.2026 Plot bearing No.125, measuring sq. yard. (i.e. 250.83 sq.

Writ petitions Vendor(s)/ Donor(s) Purchaser(s)/ Donee(s) Date of the Sale/Gift Deeds Land Details mtrs.), out of Khasra No. 143, situated in the layout plan of Khanjhawala industrial area, extended Lal Dora, of

4. The case of the petitioners is that registration of the said Sale/Gift Deeds have been refused on the ground that consolidation proceedings in respect of the subject lands are still pending, and the petitioners have not furnished a No Objection Certificate [“NOC”]/Land Status Report [“LSR”].

5. Mr. Vinay Dabas, learned counsel for the petitioners, submits that the only impediment to the grant of NOC/LSR is the pendency of the consolidation proceedings in respect of the village in question [Village Khanjhawala]. Mr. Dabas cited orders of this Court in Okaya Infocom Pvt. Ltd. and Anr. v. Govt. of NCT of Delhi and Anr.1, Smt. Nirmala Devi and Ors. v. Govt. of NCT of Delhi & Anr. and connected matter2, and several subsequent orders3, as well as the Circular dated 14.08.2025 [“Circular”] issued by the GNCTD, whereby the procedure for registration of land documents has been streamlined and registration has been permitted subject to the purchaser undertaking to abide by the outcome of the pending consolidation proceedings. 1 W.P.(C) 12122/2021, decided on 10.11.2023. 2 W.P.(C) 4046/2025, decided on 01.04.2025. 3 Chandan Sawhney v. State (NCT of Delhi) [2024 SCC OnLine Del 8421]; Vinod Kumar Rajoria v. Government of NCT of Delhi and Others, [2023 SCC OnLine Del 5446].

6. Learned counsel further submits that the petitioners are agreeable to taking the subject land on the aforesaid terms and undertake to abide by the outcome of the consolidation proceedings, without prejudice to the rights and contentions of any third party.

7. In view of the aforesaid submissions, the present writ petitions, alongwith pending applications, are disposed of, with a direction that registration of the Sale/Gift Deeds in question shall not be refused merely on the ground of non-availability of the NOC/LSR. The petitioners shall, however, remain bound by their undertaking to take the subject land, subject to the outcome of the pending consolidation proceedings, and without prejudice to the rights and contentions of any third party. The petitioners shall file affidavits to the aforesaid effect with the Registry of this Court within one week from today, and the same shall also be forwarded to the concerned Revenue Authority. PRATEEK JALAN, J SEPTEMBER 25, 2026 ‘B’/SM/