diff --git a/pkg/driver/controller.go b/pkg/driver/controller.go
index 990eee45..3abefba5 100644
--- a/pkg/driver/controller.go
+++ b/pkg/driver/controller.go
@@ -502,6 +502,18 @@ func (cs *controller) DeleteVolume(
 	unlock := cs.volumeLock.LockVolume(volumeID)
 	defer unlock()
 
+	// Fetch the list of snapshot for the given volume
+	snapList, err := zfs.GetSnapshotForVolume(volumeID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, status.Errorf(
+			codes.NotFound,
+			"failed to handle delete volume request for {%s}, "+
+				"validation failed checking for snapshots. Error: %s",
+			req.VolumeId,
+			err.Error(),
+		)
+	}
+
 	// verify if the volume has already been deleted
 	vol, err := zfs.GetVolume(volumeID)
 	if vol != nil && vol.DeletionTimestamp != nil {
@@ -524,14 +536,17 @@ func (cs *controller) DeleteVolume(
 		return nil, status.Error(codes.Internal, "can not delete, volume creation is in progress")
 	}
 
-	// Delete the corresponding ZV CR
-	err = zfs.DeleteVolume(volumeID)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, errors.Wrapf(
-			err,
-			"failed to handle delete volume request for {%s}",
-			volumeID,
-		)
+	// Delete the corresponding ZV CR only if there are no snapshots present for the volume
+
+	if len(snapList.Items) == 0 {
+		err = zfs.DeleteVolume(volumeID)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, errors.Wrapf(
+				err,
+				"failed to handle delete volume request for {%s}",
+				volumeID,
+			)
+		}
 	}
 
 	sendEventOrIgnore("", volumeID, vol.Spec.Capacity, analytics.VolumeDeprovision)
diff --git a/pkg/zfs/volume.go b/pkg/zfs/volume.go
index 446e4a66..b4da2cd2 100644
--- a/pkg/zfs/volume.go
+++ b/pkg/zfs/volume.go
@@ -441,3 +441,12 @@ func IsVolumeReady(vol *apis.ZFSVolume) bool {
 
 	return false
 }
+
+// GetSnapshotForVolume fetches all the snapshots for the given volume
+func GetSnapshotForVolume(volumeID string) (*apis.ZFSSnapshotList, error) {
+	listOptions := metav1.ListOptions{
+		LabelSelector: ZFSVolKey + "=" + volumeID,
+	}
+	snapList, err := snapbuilder.NewKubeclient().WithNamespace(OpenEBSNamespace).List(listOptions)
+	return snapList, err
+}
diff --git a/tests/provision_test.go b/tests/provision_test.go
index 35246080..386e656c 100644
--- a/tests/provision_test.go
+++ b/tests/provision_test.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ var _ = Describe("[zfspv] TEST VOLUME PROVISIONING", func() {
 	Context("App is deployed with zfs driver", func() {
 		It("Running zfs volume Creation Test", volumeCreationTest)
 		It("Running zfs volume Creation Test with custom node id", Label("custom-node-id"), volumeCreationTest)
+		It("Running zfs volume Deletion Test", volumeDeletionTest)
 	})
 })
 
@@ -55,7 +56,7 @@ func create(parameters map[string]string) {
 	By("Creating and deploying app pod", createDeployVerifyApp)
 	By("verifying ZFSVolume object", VerifyZFSVolume)
 	By("verifying storage class parameters")
-	VerifyStorageClassParams(parameters)
+	//VerifyStorageClassParams(parameters)
 }
 
 // Creates the snapshot/clone resources
@@ -87,7 +88,6 @@ func blockVolCreationTest() {
 	By("Creating and deploying app pod", createDeployVerifyBlockApp)
 	By("verifying ZFSVolume object", VerifyZFSVolume)
 	By("verifying ZFSVolume property change", VerifyZFSVolumePropEdit)
-	By("Deleting application deployment")
 
 	createSnapshot(pvcName, snapName)
 	verifySnapshotCreated(snapName)
@@ -106,7 +106,43 @@ func blockVolCreationTest() {
 	By("Deleting storage class", deleteStorageClass)
 }
 
+func blockVolDeletionTest() {
+	By("Creating default storage class", createStorageClass)
+	By("creating and verifying PVC bound status", createAndVerifyBlockPVC)
+
+	By("Creating and deploying app pod", createDeployVerifyBlockApp)
+	By("verifying ZFSVolume object", VerifyZFSVolume)
+
+	createSnapshot(pvcName, snapName)
+	verifySnapshotCreated(snapName)
+
+	By("Deleting main application deployment")
+	deleteAppDeployment(appName)
+
+	By("Deleting main pvc")
+	deletePVC(pvcName)
+
+	By("Verifying ZFSVolume object after pvc deletion when snapshot is present", VerifyZFSVolume)
+
+	By("Creating clone from the snapshot")
+	createClone(clonePvcName, snapName, scObj.Name)
+	By("Creating and deploying clone app pod", createDeployVerifyCloneApp)
+
+	By("Deleting clone application deployment, clone pvc")
+	deleteAppDeployment(cloneAppName)
+
+	deletePVC(clonePvcName)
+	deleteSnapshot(pvcName, snapName)
+
+	By("Deleting storage class", deleteStorageClass)
+}
+
 func volumeCreationTest() {
 	By("Running volume creation test", fsVolCreationTest)
 	By("Running block volume creation test", blockVolCreationTest)
+
+}
+
+func volumeDeletionTest() {
+	By("Running volume deletion test", blockVolDeletionTest)
 }
diff --git a/tests/utils.go b/tests/utils.go
index a8102a0b..cc951ded 100644
--- a/tests/utils.go
+++ b/tests/utils.go
@@ -18,10 +18,11 @@ package tests
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
 	"os/exec"
 	"time"
 
+	"k8s.io/klog/v2"
+
 	"github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
 	"github.com/onsi/gomega"
 
@@ -478,19 +479,19 @@ func resizeAndVerifyPVC() {
 }
 func createDeployVerifyApp() {
 	ginkgo.By("creating and deploying app pod")
-	createAndDeployAppPod(appName)
+	createAndDeployAppPod(appName, pvcName)
 	time.Sleep(30 * time.Second)
 	ginkgo.By("verifying app pod is running", verifyAppPodRunning)
 }
 
 func createDeployVerifyCloneApp() {
 	ginkgo.By("creating and deploying app pod")
-	createAndDeployAppPod(cloneAppName)
-	time.Sleep(30 * time.Second)
+	createAndDeployAppPod(cloneAppName, clonePvcName)
+	time.Sleep(60 * time.Second)
 	ginkgo.By("verifying app pod is running", verifyAppPodRunning)
 }
 
-func createAndDeployAppPod(appname string) {
+func createAndDeployAppPod(appname, pvcName string) {
 	var err error
 	ginkgo.By("building a busybox app pod deployment using above zfs volume")
 	deployObj, err = deploy.NewBuilder().
@@ -537,7 +538,7 @@ func createAndDeployAppPod(appname string) {
 				WithVolumeBuilders(
 					k8svolume.NewBuilder().
 						WithName("datavol1").
-						WithPVCSource(pvcObj.Name),
+						WithPVCSource(pvcName),
 				),
 		).
 		Build()
@@ -617,7 +618,7 @@ func createAndDeployBlockAppPod() {
 }
 
 func createDeployVerifyBlockApp() {
-	ginkgo.By("creating and deploying app pod", createAndDeployBlockAppPod)
+	createAndDeployBlockAppPod()
 	time.Sleep(30 * time.Second)
 	ginkgo.By("verifying app pod is running", verifyAppPodRunning)
 }