Ritu Gupta and Ors v. Delhi Jal Board and Anr

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24.08.2026 CM APPL. 57300/2026 (exemption)

¶1Allowed, subject to all just exceptions. W.P.(C) 12358/2026

¶2The present writ petition has been filed by the petitioners seeking the following reliefs:- This is a digitally signed order. W.P.(C) 12358/2026

¶3Earlier, the petitioners had approached this Court by filing a writ petition being W.P.(C) 8704/2026, which was withdrawn with liberty to the petitioners to approach the Delhi Jal Board (hereinafter 'DJB') by filing a fresh application.

¶4It is stated that a fresh application has been filed by the petitioner with DJB.

¶5Counsel appearing on behalf of the respondent/DJB, on advance notice, submits that the three petitioners have paid the infrastructure charges and a new water connection has been approved. Counsel further submits that there is a sewer and a water connection already provided outside the petitioners' premises and now the petitioners need to connect the same by installing their own pipelines/sewer lines through a licensed plumber. Thereafter, the petitioners need to install a water meter and inform the DJB regarding the same.

¶6Counsel for the petitioner is agreeable to do the same. He submits that the petitioners' neighbours are creating obstruction to the same.

¶7In view thereof, the concerned SHO, P.S. Dwarka Sector 23, New Delhi -110077, is directed to provide police protection so that the necessary pipelines can be installed by the petitioners and connected with the main water/sewer lines of DJB.

¶8The petition stands disposed of in the above terms. AMIT BANSAL, J AUGUST 24, 2026/Vivek/- This is a digitally signed order.

W.P.(C) 12358/2026 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI # CNR No. DLHC010397972026 + W.P.(C) 12358/2026 & CM APPL. 57300/2026 RITU GUPTA AND ORS .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Shreeyash U. Lalit and Mr. Lavam Tyagi, Advocates. versus DELHI JAL BOARD AND ANR .....Respondents Through: Mr. Sandeepan Pathak, Mr. Abhishek Yadav, Advocates for DJB. Mr. Amandeep Singh, Sr. Assistant, DJB. Mr. Arun Kumar Tiwari, Ms. KM Pratima Devi and Ms. Priya Sharma, Advocates for UoI. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT BANSAL