New Delhi, March 2 -- In a significant intervention in the ongoing Westend Green Farms, Rajokri land demarcation dispute, the Delhi High Court has directed the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) to examine landowners' title documents and grant them a proper hearing before finalising any demarcation related to the storm water drain at Westend Green Farms, Rajokri, Vasant Vihar, and make alterations in demarcation, if required.

The directions came in petitions filed by Neeti Pawar and Lalit Gulati & Sons HUF, both challenging demarcation exercises allegedly carried out without adherence to due process of law. The dispute concerns the identification of land said to form part of a "Storm Nalla/Drain" on Gram Sabha/DDA land in villages Samalka...