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d. Any other order or directions as the Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper in the facts and circumstances of the case be also passed in favor of the Petitioner;
e. The cost of the present urgent Petition be also allowed in favour of the Petitioner and against the Respondents.

2. Learned counsel for the Petitioner submits that the impugned Notification dated 16.05.2021 (annexed as Annexure P-1 to the memo of this petition), has been issued by Respondent No.4 i.e. Principal Secretary, Health and Family Welfare Department, Govt. of NCT of Delhi, without approval from Hon'ble the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi and hence deserves to be quashed and set aside, being ultra vires Article 239AA of the Constitution of India.

3. Learned counsel appearing for the Petitioner has pointed out that as per Section 44 of the Government of NCT of Delhi Act, 1991(herein after referred as GNCTD Act, 1991) as amended by GNCTD (Amendment) Act, 2021, in March, 2021, opinion of Hon'ble the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi was mandatory in terms of Proviso to Clause (4) of Article 239AA of the Constitution of India before issuing the impugned Notification dated 16.05.2021. For ready reference, impugned Notification dated 16.05.2021 is extracted hereunder: -

Provided that before taking any executive action in pursuance of the decision of the Council of Ministers or a Minister, to exercise powers of Government, State Government, Appropriate Government, Lieutenant Governor, Administrator or Chief Commissioner, as the case may be, under any law in force in the Capital, the opinion of Lieutenant Governor in term of proviso to clause (4) of article 239AA of the Constitution shall be obtained on all such matters as may be specified, by a general or special order, by Lieutenant Governor.