New Delhi [India], February 4 (ANI): After intervention by the Delhi High Court, the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) has agreed to provide water to residents of Westend Green Farms Society, bringing an finish to contempt proceedings initiated over non-compliance with earlier court docket instructions.
The High Court was coping with a contempt petition filed by Westend Green Farms Society alleging willful disobedience of its orders dated October 15, 2025, and December 4, 2025, which had directed the Delhi Jal Board to provide water to the society. The contempt petition was listed on February 2, 2026, earlier than Justice Amit Bansal.
Appearing on behalf of Westend Green Farms Society, Advocate Sumit Gehlot submitted that regardless of repeated and clear judicial instructions, the Delhi Jal Board failed to provide water to the residents, amounting to a transparent case of willful and deliberate disobedience of the Court’s orders.
He identified that the society includes round 170 high-end farmhouses positioned within the Rajokri and Rangpuri areas of Vasant Kunj, New Delhi, and that residents recurrently pay substantial property tax working into crores of rupees yearly, but have been denied entry to a fundamental civic necessity equivalent to water.
Advocate Sumit Gehlot additional argued that the continued inaction of the authorities left residents with no choice however to provoke contempt proceedings to implement compliance with the Court’s earlier orders.
On the opposite hand, counsel showing for respondent Delhi Jal Board, Advocate Tushar Sannu, together with Advocates Pulak Gupta Joshi and Shambhavi Vatsa, on directions, knowledgeable the Court that the Delhi Jal Board is prepared and prepared to provide water to the petitioner society, topic to fee of the requisite expenses. It was additionally submitted that DJB would guarantee the provision of water to the residents of the society.
Noted the submissions, Petitioner society, agreed to the association positioned on file by the Delhi Jal Board and submitted that if water is equipped to the residents on a direct foundation by way of the peace of mind given earlier than the Court, the contempt petition could also be disposed of.
Taking be aware of the submissions and recording the endeavor made by the Delhi Jal Board, the High Court disposed of the contempt petition. The petitioner society was represented by way of Sumit Gehlot, T.S. Thakran, Manju Gehlot, Advocates of Fidelegal Advocates & Solicitors. The Delhi Jal Board was represented by Tushar Sannu, Pulak Gupta Joshi and Shambhavi Vatsa, Advocates. (ANI)