The Delhi Excessive Courtroom has given the MCD and PWD three months to clear 38,940 sq ft of encroachments at Ramlila Floor close to Turkman Gate, protecting the highway, footpath, Barat Ghar, parking area, and a personal diagnostic centre.
A bench of chief justice DK Upadhyay and justice Tushar Rao Gedela handed the order on Wednesday whereas coping with a petition filed by a registered Belief– Save India Basis searching for elimination of sure encroachments based mostly on a joint survey carried out by the officers of MCD, DDA, PWD, Land and Growth workplace (L & DO) union ministry of city growth, income division and police officers in October 2025.
The joint survey report (JSR) recorded 2,512 sq ft of encroachment on PWD’s highway and footpath, and 36,248 sq ft on MCD land, together with a Barat Ghar, parking area, and a personal diagnostic centre. The JSR additional famous {that a} mosque and a kabristan occupied 7,343 sq ft of land, however the L&DO had not transferred this portion to the MCD.
In its petition, argued by advocate Umesh Chand Sharma, the belief said that the authorities had did not act regardless of quite a few complaints, and the encroached land is a vital space resulting from its standing as a big historic, cultural and political hub.
Paying attention to the report, the court docket, in its order launched on Friday, directed the MCD and PWD to provoke and conclude the elimination course of expeditiously inside three months. It additionally requested the authorities to, nevertheless, afford a chance of being heard to the events or individuals towards whom the motion is meant.
“As regards the encroachment on the PWD highway and footpath, we direct that applicable motion shall be initiated by the PWD to make sure that the highway and the footpath are made away from any encroachments. As regards the land belonging to MCD the place encroachment in addition to unlawful working of barat-ghar and different industrial exercise equivalent to parking and personal diagnostic facilities have been discovered within the joint inspection report, we direct that applicable motion for elimination of such encroachment as additionally elimination of unlawful industrial exercise as talked about within the JSR shall be taken by the MCD and the identical shall be concluded expeditiously,” the court docket stated in its order.
It added, “We offer that whereas initiating the motion, the MCD or every other applicable authority shall present a chance of listening to to the events /individuals towards whom such an motion is meant. We clearly direct that motion underneath this order shall be initiated and concluded with expedition, say inside a interval of three months from at the moment.”
Nevertheless, the court docket didn’t difficulty any route concerning the 7,343 sq ft space housing the mosque and kabristan, noting that the land belonged to the L&DO and it was for the L&DO officers to safeguard it.
“As far as the existence of the Mosque and Kabristan is worried, the stated land belongs to L&DO and accordingly, it’s for the L&DO officers to guard the stated property. It seems there’s a dispute concerning the stated land between the MCD and L&DO, which shall be sorted out amongst the officers of the stated departments,” the court docket maintained.
