DANIEL LEPCHA vs PAWAN KUMAR CHAMLING . — C.A. No. 7077/2011

Case Summary: Daniel Lepcha v. Pawan Kumar Chamling (CA No. 7077/2011) The Supreme Court dismissed appellant Daniel Lepcha's appeal challenging land allotments made by Sikkim's Urban Development and Housing Department to respondents 10-20. The Court rejected Lepcha's claims of arbitrary exercise of power, mala fides, favoritism, and nepotism, finding the 4-year delay in filing the writ petition (allotments made in 1998-99, petition filed in 2002) fatal to his cause, and noting it would be inequitable to quash allotments at a belated stage when allottees had already constructed buildings. The Court directed Sikkim Government to issue notifications under Section 3(1) and (4) of the Sikkim Allotment of House Sites Act, 1985 and frame implementation rules within six months, with a freeze on new allotments until compliance. This case analysis is maintained by casestatus.in based on publicly available court records.