“The notification is totally arbitrary, illegal and unconstitutional in as much as such notification empowers the local authorities to de-seal properties which have been sealed under the orders of this honourable Court,” said the Delhi Pradesh Citizen Council in an application filed through advocate Jasbir Singh Malik.

The applicant alleged the notification was “issued for political consideration to overreach judicial order”. It recalled that the apex court repeatedly had said there cannot be de-sealing of any premises without the court's prior approval. It also pleaded the court to declare the impugned notification dated January 31, 2008 as “unconstitutional, unjust and illegal”.