Supreme Court of India

M/s. Sethi Auto Service Station and Anr. v. Delhi Development Authority and Ors.

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Reported as [2008] 14 S.C.R. 598

Bench C.K. Thakker and D.K. Jain JJ.

Decided 17 October 2008

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What the Court ordered

In view of the foregoing discussion, the appeal is de void of any merit and deserves to be dismissed.

Judgment, page 23

From the headnote

Administrative law: Executive order - Notings in a departmental file - Na- e ture of - Held: Notings do not have the sanction of law to be an effective order - It is only an expression of viewpoint of an officer for internal use of the decision making authority - It culminates into an executable order only when it reaches and gets approval of the final decision-making authority and is communicated to the person concerned - On facts, although there were several notings recommending consideration of appellants' case for relocation of their petrol pumps but finally no official communication was

Authorities it was built on

1962 Bachhittar Singh v. The State of Punjab cited by 13

Where later benches applied it

2022 The State of West Bengal & Ors. v. Gitashree Dutta (dey) relied on
2016 Vivek Batra v. Union of India and Others relied on
2015 State of Uttar Pradesh and Others v. United Bank of India and Others relied on
2011 State of Uttaranchal &anr. v. Sunil Kumar Vaish & Ors. relied on
2011 Apm Terminals B.V. v. Union of India & Anr. relied on
2025 Harinagar Sugar Mills Ltd. (biscuit Division) & Anr. v. State of Maharashtra & Ors. referred to
2025 M/s A.P. Electrical Equipment Corporation v. The Tahsildar & Ors. Etc. referred to
2024 Subodh Kumar Singh Rathour v. The Chief Executive Officer & Ors. referred to
2024 Delhi Development Authority v. Hello Home Education Society referred to
2019 Nareshbhai Bhagubhai & Ors. v. Union of India & Ors. referred to
2018 Pimpri Chinchwad New Township Development Authority v. Vishnudev Cooperative Housing Society & Ors. referred to
2015 Securities & Exchange Board of India v. M/s. Prebon Yamane (i) Ltd. referred to
2015 P. Suseela & Ors. Etc. Etc. v. University Grants Commission & Ors. Etc. Etc. referred to
2013 Ropan Sahoo & Another v. Ananda Kumar Sharma & Others referred to
2015 M/s. Muneer Enterprises v. M/s Ramgad Minerals and Mining Ltd. & Ors. not applicable

Of those, 5 relied on · 9 referred to · 1 not applicable

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