The Bench made the observations while hearing a petition filed by the DDA challenging orders passed by the Court at the behest of the property owners to process the conversion applications.
The issue of non-processing of the applications was raised by a few property owners at DLF South Court Mall in Saket.
They had applied to DDA in 2023 seeking conversion of their properties from leasehold to freehold.
It was stated that they paid the conversion charges demanded by DDA but the property transfer was not given effect though DDA levied GST on the petitioners retrospectively.
Due to non-compliance, the property owners again moved the Court, and by orders passed on February 11 and March 18, DDA was again directed to process the applications.
The Bench made the observations while hearing a petition filed by the DDA challenging orders passed by the Court at the behest of the property owners to process the conversion applications.
The issue of non-processing of the applications was raised by a few property owners at DLF South Court Mall in Saket. They had applied to DDA in 2023 seeking conversion of their properties from leasehold to freehold.
It was stated that they paid the conversion charges demanded by DDA but the property transfer was not given effect though DDA levied GST on the petitioners retrospectively.
On December 5, 2025, the High Court directed DDA to process the applications based on an undertaking by the petitioners that they would honour the GST demand in the event they did not succeed in the petition.
Due to non-compliance, the property owners again moved the Court, and by orders passed on February 11 and March 18, DDA was again directed to process the applications.
The DDA has challenged these directions on which today’s order was passed.
