Delhi High Court orders ₹1 lakh costs over prolonged failure to comply with industrial plot directions

The Delhi High Court has imposed ₹1 lakh costs on the Delhi government over noncompliance in an industrial plot relocation dispute. Justice Amit Mahajan directed payment to the Delhi High Court Legal Services Committee within six weeks and recovery from responsible officers' salaries. Central Footwear Company had returned to court repeatedly after a 2009 order required processing of its application. The Court rejected reliance on an allegedly incorrect earlier statement unsupported by original records or contemporaneous material. The main petition remains pending, with the next hearing fixed for February 9, 2027. The order does not itself finally allot the plot.