Rajeev Suri vs. Delhi Development Authority (Dda)

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SUPREME COURT OF INDIA RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CIVIL) Diary No(s). 8430/2020

(Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 28-02-2020 in LPA No. 119/2020 passed by the High Court Of Delhi At New Delhi)

RAJEEV SURI

Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

UNION OF INDIA & ORS.

Respondent $(s)$

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Date : 20-08-2020 These matters were called on for hearing today.

CORAM :

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A.M. KHANWILKAR HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DINESH MAHESHWARI HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJIV KHANNA

For Petitioner(s) Mr. Sanjay R. Hegde, Sr. Adv. Mr. Ankit Yadav, AOR

Mr. Shyam Divan, Sr. Adv. Mr. Ashwath Sitaraman, Adv. Ms. Vrinda Bhandari, Adv. Ms. Jahanvi Sindhu, Adv. Mr. Shadan Farasat, AOR

Mr. Shikhil Suri, Adv. Mr. Shiv Kumar Suri, AOR Ms. Shilpa Saini,Adv. Ms. Shweta Saini, Adv. Ms. Nikita Thapar, Adv. Ms. Vinishma Kaul, Adv.

For Respondent(s) Mr. Tushar Mehta, SG Mr. Ashok Panigrahi, Adv. Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv. Mr. Kanu Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Raj Bahadur Yadav, AOR

Mr. Tushar Mehta, SG Mr. Ashok Panigrahi, Adv.

Mr. Kanu Agarwal, Adv. Mr. G.S. Makkar, AOR Mr. Tushar Mehta, SG Mr. Rajiv Bansal, Sr. Adv. Ms. Garima Prashad, AOR Mr. G.S. Oberoi, Adv. Mr. Rajiv Bansal, Sr. Adv. Ms. Garima Prashad, AOR Mr. G.S. Oberoi, Adv. Mr. Shyam Divan, Sr. Adv. Mr. Anshuman Srivastava, AOR Mr. Rohan Pratap Talwar, Adv. Ms. Sugandha Yadav, Adv. Ms. Ria Singh Sawhney, Adv. Ms. Sanam Tripathi, Adv. Mr. Bhav Ratan, Adv. Mr. Saurabh Mishra, AOR Mr. Onkar Singh Adv. Mr. Abhishek Singh, Adv. Mr. Rakesh Chander, Adv. Mr. Chirag M. Shroff, adv. Ms. Sanjana Nangia, Adv. Ms. Abhilasha Bharti, Adv.

UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R

Today, a request for adjournment is made by the learned Solicitor General on the ground that he may be required in some other Court (Special Bench) at 2.00 p.m. As this request is not opposed by the counsel appearing for other parties, we defer the hearing of these matters till 25th August, 2020.

In the meantime, it will be open to the counsel for the petitioner(s) in Writ Petition (C) No.853/2020 to serve advance copy of the petition on the concerned respondent(s), who in turn may

file their pleadings, if so advised, before the matter is taken up for hearing as per its turn.

Mr. Shikhil Suri, learned counsel for the petitioner(s), has informed us that one more petition has been filed in this Court being Writ Petition (C) Diary No.17444 of 2020. As requested, the said petition shall be heard along with these petitions henceforth.

Further, it will be open to the petitioner(s) in Writ Petition (C) Diary No.17444/2020 to serve advance copy on the concerned respondent(s). If the issue raised in this petition is similar to one raised in petition(s) already filed and covered by the common consolidated affidavit filed by the respondent(s), the parties to proceed on that basis at the time of hearing.

We make it clear that The Court will first begin with the hearing of broad issue regarding challenge to the change of land use being contrary to the provisions of Delhi Development Act, 1957.

For the sake of convenience, a draft flow chart has been prepared by the office indicating the heads of broad issues in different petitions filed and listed so far for hearing and, in particular, referring to the specific

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notifications/notices challenged therein. The same reads thus:

Heads of	S.No.	Prayer sought	Corresponding case
Issues
A.<br>CHANGE OF<br>LAND USE<br>UNDER DD ACT,<br>1957	1.	Quashing and staying of<br>Public Notice S.O. 4587 E<br>dated 21.12.2019 issued by<br>DDA inviting objections<br>under Section 11-A of DDA<br>Act, 1957 to the proposed<br>modifications<br>to<br>Zonal<br>Development Plan of Zone D<br>(for plots 1-7) and Zone C<br>(for plot 8)/Master Plan<br>Delhi 2021.	<br>T.C. (C) No.<br>229 of 2020 &<br>SLP (C) Diary<br>No.<br>8430<br>of<br>2020<br>(arising<br>out of W.P. No.<br>1568/2020<br>be<br>fore DHC)<br><br>W.P. (C) No.<br>853 of 2020
	2.	Quashing of notice dated<br>05.02.2020<br>published in<br>Times of India announcing<br>scheduling<br>of<br>public<br>hearing<br>on<br>objections<br>against proposed change of<br>land use on 6-7.02.2020.	<br>T.C. (C) No.<br>230<br>of<br>2020<br>(arising out of<br>W.P.<br>No.<br>1675/2020<br>be<br>fore DHC)
	3.<br>4.	Quashing the decision of<br>DDA<br>dated<br>10.02.2020<br>approving change of land<br>use<br>after<br>public<br>consultation.<br>Quashing<br>Public<br>Notice	<br>W.P. (C) No.<br>853 of 2020<br><br>W.P. (C) No.
		S.O.<br>4587<br>E<br>dated<br>04.03.2020 issued by DDA<br>proposing change of land<br>use of Plot No. 1 from<br>"Transportation<br>and<br>Recreational"<br>to<br>"Residential".	684 of 2020
	5.	Quashing and staying of<br>notification<br>dated<br>20.03.2020 issued by MoHUA<br>, UoI notifying the change	<br>T.C. (C) No.<br>229<br>of<br>2020<br>(arising out of<br>W.P.<br>No.

		of land use for proposed		1568/2020	be
		Central Vista Project and		fore DHC)
		Parliament building vide		T.C. (C) No.
		Not. No. SO 1192 (E).		230<br>of	2020
				(arising out of
				W.P.	No.
				1675/2020	be
				fore DHC)
				W.P. (C) No.
				853 of 2020
	6.	Quashing<br>notice<br>dated		W.P. (C) No.
		02.09.2019<br>inviting bid		853 of 2020
		NIT<br>No.
		04/CPM/RPZ/NIT/2019-20
B.		issued<br>by<br>CPWD<br>for
		planning of the Central
VIOLATION OF		Vista Project.
STATUTORY/
MUNICIPAL	7.	Quashing office memorandum		W.P. (C) No.
LAWS		F.No.6/21/2018/ADG		510 of 2020
		(Works)/338-W-1<br>dated
		14.10.2019<br>which
		reconstituted the Special
		Advisory Group of Central
		Vista<br>and<br>Central
		Secretariat.
	8.	Quashing<br>award<br>of		W.P. (C) No.
		consultancy<br>bid<br>dated		853 of 2020
		18.10.2019 to HCP Design,
		Planning and Management
		Pvt. Ltd.
	9.	Quashing<br>minutes<br>and		W.P. (C) No.
		decision dated 30.04.2020		510 of 2020
		taken in the 5th meeting		W.P. (C) No.
		of Special Advisory Group
		of Central Vista Committee		638 of 2020
		dated 23.04.2020 granting		W.P. (C) No.
				853 of 2020
		"No Objection" to the
		Project.
	10.	Setting<br>aside<br>decision		W.P. (C) No.
		dated 01.07.2020 taken by		853 of 2020

		Delhi<br>Urban<br>Arts<br>Commission in its 1545th<br>meeting granting approval<br>to the proposal for New<br>Parliament Building, Plot<br>No. 118.
	11.	Quashing<br>notice NIT No.<br>01/CE/PCWZ/CPWD/2020-21<br>issued<br>in<br>July,<br>2020<br>inviting pre-qualification<br>bids for the construction<br>of New Parliament Building<br>at Plot No. 118.	<br>W.P. (C) No.<br>853 of 2020
C.<br>ENVIRONMENTAL<br>CLEARANCE AND<br>OTHER ALLIED	12.	Quashing the Environmental<br>Clearance dated 17.06.2020<br>granted to the Parliament<br>Project at Plot No. 118<br>titled<br>"Expansion<br>and<br>Renovation<br>of<br>Existing<br>Parliament Building" by<br>MoEF&CC.	<br>W.P.<br>(C)<br>No. 681 of 2020<br><br>W.P.<br>(C)<br>No. 845 of 2020
MATTERS	13.	Calling for records of<br>Environmental<br>Clearance<br>dated<br>17.06.2020<br>and<br>holding<br>the<br>entire<br>decision making process<br>carried out by the Expert<br>Appraisal<br>Committee<br>as<br>vitiated.	<br>W.P. (C) No.<br>845 of 2020
	14.	Declaration<br>that<br>the<br>subject<br>project<br>"Development/Redevelopmen<br>t of Parliament Building,<br>Common<br>Central<br>Secretariat and Central<br>Vista at New Delhi" is a<br>composite project for the<br>purpose of Environmental<br>Clearance.	<br>W.P. (C) No.<br>845 of 2020
	15.	Declaration<br>that<br>such	<br>W.P. (C) No.

		project could be carried		638 of 2020
		out only after objective		W.P. (C) No.
		and independent assessment		853 of 2020
		made<br>after<br>stakeholder
		consultation to determine
		necessity of the Project;
		open design competition;
		by adopting a transparent
		process<br>with<br>fixed
		timelines; and selection
		of design by independent
		jury.
	16.	Declaration<br>that<br>the		W.P. (C) No.
		entire<br>Central<br>Vista		853 of 2020
D.		Project is ultra vires the
		Constitution and illegal,
GENERAL		null and void.
DECLARATIONS/	17.	Appropriate		W.P. (C) No.
OTHER ISSUES		writ/direction/order		853 of 2020
		directing respondents to
		disclose<br>and<br>furnish
		copies of every document,
		correspondence<br>and<br>any
		other<br>communication
		relating to the conception
		of<br>Project<br>and<br>upto
		issuance of notification
		dated 02.09.2019 to the
		petitioners.
	18.	Appropriate<br>writ/direction/order<br>to		T.C. (C) No.
				229<br>of<br>2020
		forthwith<br>forbear<br>the<br>respondents<br>from		(arising out of
		proceeding<br>with<br>the		W.P.<br>No.
		implementation<br>of<br>the		1568/2020<br>be
		Project<br>including<br>the		fore DHC)
		construction of proposed		W.P. (C) No.
		Parliament building for		510 of 2020
		preventing<br>loss<br>of		W.P. (C) No.
				681 of 2020
		equities.		W.P. (C) No.
				684 of 2020

			W.P. (C) No.
			853 of 2020
19.	Directing action against		W.P. (C) No.
	CPWD for concealment of		681 of 2020
	information and submission
	of false and misleading
	information<br>regarding
	category of the Project
	while<br>seeking
	Environmental Clearance.
20.	Appropriate		W.P. (C) No.
	writ/direction/order<br>to		510 of 2020
	CPWD calling for records
	and<br>enabling<br>Act<br>for
	identifying<br>violations
	committed by CPWD.

The parties are free to give suggestions to improve upon or modify the flow chart on the next date of hearing.

List the matter(s) on 25th August, 2020 at 10.30 a.m.

(NEETU KHAJURIA) COURT MASTER

(VIDYA NEGI) COURT MASTER