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The petitioners challenged an order dated 12‑Nov‑2018 by the District Superintendent of Land Records, Latur, which had allowed condonation of delay in filing an appeal. Respondents 3‑7 argued that the petitioners could instead seek relief under Section 247 of the Maharashtra Land Revenue Code, 1966. …
Vimalbai Dattatray Ravte filed a writ petition before the Bombay High Court, Aurangabad Bench, challenging an order passed by the State of Maharashtra. The petitioner sought relief through the writ jurisdiction of the court. The court examined whether the writ petition was the appropriate remedy for …
The appellants, a group of Scheduled Tribe agriculturists and fishermen from villages in Nandurbar, challenged the compensation awarded for their lands acquired in 1980 for the Sardar Sarowar project. The original award of Rs.5,160 per hectare was enhanced by the Land Reference Court to Rs.6,450 per …
The petitioners filed a writ petition challenging the judgment and decree dated 30‑11‑2016 of the Civil Judge, Senior Division, Latur in Regular Civil Suit No. 538 of 2012, which had set aside a Tahsildar’s decision under Section 143 of the Maharashtra Land Revenue Code (MLR Code). The central issue …
The petitioner, Dinesh Babulal Mali, challenged an order dated 06‑01‑2021 passed by the Sub‑Divisional Officer, Dhule, by filing a writ petition. The respondent’s Additional Government Pleader raised a preliminary objection that an alternate and equally efficacious remedy is available under Section …
The petitioners challenged the 2004 order of the Deputy Collector and its 2005 endorsement by the Divisional Commissioner that mutated the names of the respondents into the ownership column of a 7/12 extract for Survey No. 67, a Mahar Hadola service Inam land protected under the Bombay Inferior …
The petitioner, owner of land in Gut No.68/2, challenged a mutation entry that recorded a sale of 5 R land in violation of the Maharashtra Prevention of Fragmentation and Consolidation of Holdings Act, 1947. He alleged that the village Talathi and Circle Officer certified the entry without following …
The petitioners challenged the 2004 order of the Deputy Collector and its 2005 endorsement by the Divisional Commissioner that mutated the names of the respondents into the ownership column of a 7/12 extract for Survey No. 67, a Mahar Hadola service Inam land protected under the Bombay Inferior …
The Shantiniketan Co‑Operative Housing Society purchased 2 acres 20 R of land in 1966 but its name was never entered in the revenue records. Respondents 4 and 5 later bought the same open space in 2008 and obtained a mutation entry. The Society challenged the mutation, leading to a series of appeals …
The petitioners challenged a stay order dated 22‑11‑2012 issued by the Sub‑Divisional Officer, Latur, which halted proceedings in appeal No. 2011/ROR/A/128. The stay was based on a pending civil suit (Regular Civil Suit No. 538 of 2012) filed by different parties to contest the same Tahsildar order …
The petition was filed under Article 227 of the Constitution challenging an order dated 18.05.2026 issued by the Tahsildar, Akole, under Section 48(7) of the Maharashtra Land Revenue Code, 1966, which directed Hule Construction Private Limited to store excavated material from a percolation‑tank …
Altaf Baldar Shah, the petitioner, challenged the seizure of his vehicle MH‑14‑BJ‑4216 by a revenue inspection squad on the ground that it was allegedly transporting 1.5 bri of stone metal (Gitti/Khadi). The Tahsildar imposed a fine of Rs.26,290 under section 48(7) of the Maharashtra Land Revenue …
The petition challenged the order of the District Superintendent of Land Records that allowed condonation of delay for an appeal filed under Section 32 of the Bombay (Maharashtra) Prevention of Fragmentation and Consolidation of Holdings Act, 1947, concerning a 7‑acre land parcel whose consolidation …
The petitioners challenged the orders of the Additional Collector and the Tahsildar that allowed respondents to file an application under Section 5(2) of the Mamlatdars’ Courts Act, 1906 for completing a road. The petitioners argued that the application was not for removal of an obstruction of a …
The petitioner filed a civil suit for partition which was ultimately decreed, but the respondents sought to challenge the decree through various appeals and a pending civil review. In parallel, mutation proceedings were initiated, and the Sub Divisional Officer kept the matter on "sane die" due to …
The petitioner, Kundan Govind Ugale Marathe, challenged a show‑cause notice proposing a penalty of Rs 20,70,050 for allegedly transporting stone metal/khadi (gitti) without a permit, invoking Sections 48(7) and 48(8) of the Maharashtra Land Revenue Code, 1966. The petitioner argued that gitti/khadi …
The petitioners challenged the 2004 order of the Deputy Collector and its 2005 endorsement by the Divisional Commissioner that mutated the names of the respondents into the ownership column of a 7/12 extract for Survey No. 67, a Mahar Hadola service Inam land. They argued that the land is a …
The petitioners challenged the 2004 order of the Deputy Collector and its 2005 endorsement by the Divisional Commissioner that mutated the names of the respondents as owners of one‑third shares in a Mahar Hadola service Inam land (Survey No. 67, Village Harsool). They argued that the land is a …
The petition sought to hold the Sub‑Divisional Officer (SDO) and Tahsildar in contempt for allegedly refusing to release 16 seized vehicles despite a High Court order dated 7 July 2026 directing their release. The Court examined whether the SDO’s issuance of notices to the actual owners and …
The petitioners filed a revision against an order of the 2nd Joint Civil Judge, Senior Division, Jalna, which had allowed a civil suit for removal of encroachment on a road. The petitioners argued that the trial court erred by not appreciating the precedent in Fatima Joao v. Village Panchayat of …
The petitioners challenged the 2004 order of the Deputy Collector and its 2005 endorsement by the Divisional Commissioner that mutated the names of the respondents into the ownership column of a 7/12 extract for Survey No. 67, a Mahar Hadola service‑Inam land. They argued that the land is a …
The petitioner, Suleman Shaha Jalam Shaha, challenged a penalty of Rs.7,50,000 imposed by the Sub‑Divisional Officer under Section 48(8) of the Maharashtra Land Revenue Code, 1966, alleging illegal excavation of silt using his JCB. The petitioner contended that the JCB was idle, the Panchanama …
The petitioners, members of the Jagdale family, challenged an order dated 12 August 2014 by the Deputy Director of Land Records that allowed variation of a consolidation scheme for village Takali (Dhoki) under Section 31A of the Bombay Prevention of Fragmentation and Consolidation of Holdings Act, …
The petitioner, Paresh Dilip Patil, challenged an undated notice and subsequent penalty imposed by the Sub‑Divisional Officer under Section 48(8) of the Maharashtra Land Revenue Code, 1966, for alleged illegal excavation of minor minerals using his JCB, which had been seized by the police after an …
The petitioner, owner of a Hyva truck bearing registration MH‑24‑AU‑4654, was authorized by an E.T.P. to transport sand on 3 June 2026. Due to punctured rear tyres, the vehicle could not reach the destination within the permitted time and was seized by the anti‑mining squad near the unloading point. …
Kantabai Bansilal Biyani filed two writ petitions challenging letters dated 07‑08‑2023 issued by the Additional Divisional Commissioner, Nashik, which directed the Collector of Jalgaon to review earlier orders under Section 258 of the Maharashtra Land Revenue Code, 1966. The petitioner alleged that …
The petitioners challenged an order issued by the Minister (Revenue) of Maharashtra under Section 257 of the Maharashtra Land Revenue Code, 1966, which recorded revenue entries for a suit property. While the ministerial order was pending, the parties to a second appeal concerning the ownership of …
The petitioner filed a contempt petition alleging that the Sub‑Divisional Officer (SDO) failed to comply with the High Court's order dated 22‑April‑2026, which had issued notices and allowed the petitioner to seek an adjournment before the SDO. The SDO, respondent No.4, decided an appeal under …
The petitioner, Dushyant Madhavrao Borade, challenged an order dated 27 August 2026 issued by the Tahsildar, Mantha, which directed the creation of an approach road from the petitioner's land (Gut Nos. 325 and 1) to benefit another landowner. The Tahsildar had earlier conducted a Panchanama and …
The petitioners challenged the 2004 order of the Deputy Collector and its 2005 endorsement by the Divisional Commissioner that mutated the names of the respondents into the ownership column of a 7/12 extract for Survey No. 67, a Mahar Hadola service Inam land protected under the Bombay Inferior …
The petitioners, heirs of the deceased Shankar Hiraji Darade, claimed ownership of 83 R of land purchased in 1983, which was entered in the revenue records in their name. In 2011 the respondent applied to correct the mutation, asserting that only 30 R was sold to the petitioners, 23 R remained with …
The petitioner and respondents 8‑17 jointly purchased a parcel of land in 2005, resulting in mutation entry No. 39237. Subsequent sales by respondents 8‑17 led to additional mutation entries, which the petitioner challenged under Sections 247 and 257 of the Maharashtra Land Revenue Code. The …
The petitioner challenged the order dated 28.02.2024 of the Hon'ble Minister, which set aside the Additional Commissioner’s decision on mutation entries of land jointly purchased in 2005. Subsequent sale deeds led to additional mutation entries that the petitioner contested, arguing that the …
The petitioner, Govind Devrao Chaure, filed a partition suit in 2008 which was ultimately decreed after a series of appeals, while the respondents filed a second appeal that was dismissed. The petitioner then sought mutation of the land in his name, but the Sub Divisional Officer kept the revenue …
The petitioner, Kiran Tanaji Katte, obtained a sanad under Section 44(A) of the Maharashtra Land Revenue Code, 1966 and consent from the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board to operate a stone crusher on his property in Satara. He also secured a licence under Section 71(3)(c) of the Maharashtra Minor …
The applicant, Yuvraj Aananda Mali, sought anticipatory bail in an FIR (No. 0343/2025) alleging offences under Section 303(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Sections 48(7) and 48(8) of the Maharashtra Land Revenue Code, 1966. He contended that his name was not mentioned in the FIR and that …
The petitioners filed a review petition 270 days after the original order, seeking condonation of delay. They alleged that the Sub‑Divisional Officer, relying on a notice issued under Section 53 of the Maharashtra Land Revenue Code, was about to evict and demolish their premises without granting …
The petitioners challenged the division of Paal village in Karad Taluka, Satara District, alleging that the division into an independent revenue area was effected without complying with the procedure mandated by Section 4(4) of the Maharashtra Land Revenue Code, 1966. They submitted an affidavit …
The Bombay High Court, Kolhapur Bench, heard a writ petition filed by Bashir Vajirbhai Shaikh seeking compliance with a decree dated 09.08.2023. The Court had earlier, on 25.06.2026, directed the Deputy Superintendent of Land Records (DSLR) to implement that decree. The State, through its Government …
Manjunath Shivaji Jagtap filed a writ petition seeking to quash an order dated 4 November 2025 issued by the Tahsildar of Ajara, which directed the seizure of his truck (KA-25/B-6374) under the Maharashtra Land Revenue Code, 1966, and to obtain its release along with interim relief. The petition …
The petitioners challenged a 2 January 2020 order that resumed land allotted to a deceased Project Affected Person (PAP) under the Veer Baji Pasalkar Dam project, alleging that the order was passed without hearing the legal heirs and without proper determination of entitlement under the 1973 …
The appellant, Sampat Kisan Mote, appealed under Section 100 of the CPC against a judgment that had set aside a trial court decree granting him injunction over an alluvial land parcel. The dispute concerned an alluvial land of 1 acre 10 gunthas adjoining the appellant's and defendants' properties. …
The appellant, Sampat Kisan Mote, appealed under Section 100 of the CPC against a judgment that had set aside a trial court decree granting him injunction over an alluvial land parcel. The dispute concerned an alluvial land of 1 acre 10 gunthas adjoining the appellant's and defendants' properties. …
The petitioners (Vikram Pawar and his daughter) challenged a civil judge's order appointing the District Superintendent of Land Records as a Court Commissioner to conduct a joint measurement of the suit property and adjoining lands, alleging the order was an improper exercise of discretion in a suit …
The petitioner, M/s A.K. Contractor, a partnership firm, sought relief through a writ petition challenging an order dated 16 May 2025 passed by the Tahsildar of Ambarnath. The petition argued that the order adversely affected its interests. The respondents, the State of Maharashtra and others, …
The Official Liquidator of Sonal Garments India Pvt. Ltd. sought to register the transfer of Office Unit No. 134‑A, sold at a Company Court‑monitored auction to Rohstoffe International Pvt. Ltd. for Rs. 2.65 crore. The State of Maharashtra demanded a transfer premium calculated on the Ready Reckoner …
Inderjeet Singh Pabla, an allottee under the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016, filed a writ petition seeking a mandamus directing the Collector and Tahsildar to execute a Recovery Warrant dated 27 June 2023, issued under Section 40(1) of RERA following a final MahaRERA order of 31 …
Viren Buildcon LLP, a partnership firm, sought permission to construct on specific survey numbers and paid royalty for 897 brass of excavated soil. The Revenue Department discovered an additional 3,216.4 brass of soil excavated and imposed a penalty of Rs. 1,21,05,180 for unpaid royalty. The …
The applicant, Moshin Salim Chunawala, filed an interim application seeking a stay of the judgment and decree dated 1 September 2026 passed by the City Civil Court, Borivali, pending the hearing of his first appeal. He also requested continuation of earlier interim relief restraining the respondents …
The petitioners, a pharmaceutical manufacturer and its director, challenged notices and demand letters issued by the Union of India, the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) and the Collector for alleged over‑charging on their formulation ‘Cartigen Forte’ alleging that the ceiling price …
The petitioners, a pharmaceutical manufacturer and its director, challenged notices and demand letters issued by the Union of India, the National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA) and the Collector for alleged over‑charging on their formulation ‘Cartigen Forte’ alleging that the ceiling price …
M/s. NJ Brothers filed a writ petition challenging an order dated 30 October 2023 passed by the Resident Nayab Tahasildar, Vasai. The State of Maharashtra, through the District Mining Officer, objected that the petition was not maintainable because the petitioner had an alternate statutory remedy …
The applicant had deposited a sum and furnished a bank guarantee to obtain a stay of a notice issued under Section 48 of the Maharashtra Land Revenue Code, 1966. The suit challenging the notice was dismissed, leading to an appeal in which the decree dated 20 October 2021 declared the notice illegal, …
The petitioner, an agriculturist, entered into an agreement to purchase a plot of land owned by a trust and obtained permission for the sale from the Joint Charity Commissioner under the Maharashtra Public Trusts Act, 1950. He then applied to the Revenue Department (Respondent No.1) for permission …
The petitioner, Indian Overseas Bank, sought to quash an auction sale of a mortgaged parcel of land (Survey No. 43/1/B) conducted by the Tahsildar and Talati in April 2018 and to restore possession to the bank as a secured creditor. The bank had earlier issued SARFAESI notices and taken possession …
The petitioner, Indian Overseas Bank, sought to quash an auction sale of a mortgaged parcel of land (Survey No. 43/1/B) conducted by the Tahsildar and Talati in April 2018 and to restore possession to the bank as a secured creditor. The bank had earlier issued SARFAESI notices and taken possession …
Smt. Asha Pravin Agarwal purchased Plot No.5 in Raigad and later faced possession by the Forest Department after notices under the Maharashtra Land Revenue Code. The Collector declared the land a private forest and vested it in the State, an order affirmed by the Maharashtra Revenue Tribunal in 2008 …
The petitioners filed a writ petition under Article 227 challenging the Sub‑Divisional Officer’s order that set aside a Tahsildar’s order passed under Section 5 of the Mamlatdars' Courts Act, 1906 directing respondents to remove an impediment in a road. The Tahsildar had ordered removal after a site …
The petitioner sought to enforce a mutation entry recorded in 1966, which the respondents challenged in 2025 after a 58‑year delay under Section 247 of the Maharashtra Land Revenue Code, 1966. The respondents filed an appeal and applied for condonation of the delay, while the Sub‑Divisional Officer …
The petitioners filed a writ petition under Article 227 challenging the Sub‑Divisional Officer’s order that set aside a Tahsildar’s order passed under Section 5 of the Mamlatdars' Courts Act, 1906 directing respondents to remove an impediment in a road. The Tahsildar had ordered removal after a site …
The petitioners, claiming Scheduled Tribe status, argued that they were protected tenants of a plot in Kandivali under the Maharashtra Tenancy and Agricultural Lands Act, 1948, and therefore could not be evicted under Sections 33 and 38 of the Maharashtra Slum Areas (Improvement, Clearance and …
The Malad Ashwin Co‑operative Housing Society Ltd filed a writ petition challenging the order of the District Deputy Registrar, Co‑operative Societies, which refused to issue a corrigendum to its Certificate of Deemed Conveyance, thereby leaving the recorded area of CTS No. 633 at 1,169.40 sq m …
The appellants, heirs of Radhabai, claimed ownership of land Survey No. 143 based on a 1934 will and subsequent mutation entries, asserting that a later sale to the respondents was illegal and that they had acquired title by adverse possession. The trial court dismissed the suit, finding the …
The appellants, heirs of Radhabai, claimed ownership of land Survey No. 143 based on a 1934 will and subsequent mutation entries, asserting that a later sale to the respondents was illegal and that they had acquired title by adverse possession. The trial court dismissed the suit, finding the …
The petitioners, members of a joint venture, challenged a Tahsildar's order imposing a penalty under Section 48(7) of the Maharashtra Land Revenue Code, 1966 for allegedly extracting 5,651.47 brass of loose soil from a construction site. They argued that the extracted soil was largely re‑levelled on …
The appellants, heirs of protected tenants, sought a temporary injunction to restrain respondents (CIDCO and others) from further development of Plot No.20D, Airoli, pending a suit challenging mutation entries and claiming ownership under a Section 32M certificate of the Maharashtra Tenancy and …
The Applicants filed an interim application alleging that Respondent No.1 filed a false affidavit to obtain a security interest and subsequently withdrew Rs.8,96,000 of compensation deposited with the Commissioner for Employees’ Compensation, Thane. The Applicants contend that the land ownership …
The petitioners sought a direction to the Collector to register a consent decree conveying a shop premises to them without requiring a No‑Objection certificate from the co‑operative society that owned the land. The decree, dated 16 December 2022, had been stamped and sealed, and the petitioners were …
The petitioners sought relief against the Minister’s orders cancelling mutation entries and setting aside a sale of Mahar Watan land that had been transferred without the Collector’s prior sanction. The dispute centered on whether the 2002 amendment inserting Section 5(4) into the Bombay Inferior …
The petitioner, Gulabrao Kisan Lokhande, filed a writ petition challenging a mutation entry (No.4756) but later sought to withdraw the petition, citing an alternate statutory remedy under the Maharashtra Land Revenue Code, 1966. The petitioner’s counsel requested leave to withdraw with liberty to …
The Gram Panchayat of Nere challenged two orders dated 13 June 2025 by the Pune District Collector that allotted 4.24 hectares and 3.04 hectares of Gairan land to the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA) for the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana‑2.0 scheme. The petitioners argued that …
The Bombay High Court initiated suo motu proceedings pursuant to the Supreme Court's direction in Yash Developers v. Harihar Krupa Co-operative Housing Society Ltd. to conduct a performance audit of the Maharashtra Slum Areas (Improvement, Clearance and Redevelopment) Act, 1971. The Court heard the …
The petitioners, re‑grantees of Class‑II land under the Abolition of Patil Inam Watan Act, challenged a series of revenue orders that revived a 1973 mutation entry (No. 824) and later created a new mutation entry (No. 2028) in favour of private respondent Gajanan Govind Alimkar, who had forged a …
The petitioner, Maki Homi Chibber, challenged the order of the District Deputy Registrar (respondent No.2) that granted a certificate of unilateral deemed assignment of lease to respondent No.3 under Section 11 of the Maharashtra Ownership Flats Act. The dispute arose from a complex chain of title …
The petition, filed by Shri Rajesh T. Dubey as attorney for Shri Mukteshwar Sahakari Society Ltd., challenges two orders: one dated 14 March 2024 by the Collector revoking a grant to Respondent No.4, and another dated 11 October 2024 creating rights over 164 acres in favour of Respondent No.5. The …
The petitioners, including Mrs. Mangal Prabhakar Jadhav, sought the transfer of a tribal Inam land (gat no. 80) in Nashik district, for which the Additional Collector, Malegaon, had forwarded a proposal to the Divisional Commissioner on 13‑Nov‑2025. The petitioners alleged inaction and delay by the …
The petitioners Avinash and Tushar Ahire challenged the May 4, 2019 order of the Scheduled Tribe Certificate Scrutiny Committee that invalidated their claim to belong to the Thakur Scheduled Tribe, which affected Avinash’s appointment as a Sales Tax Inspector on a reserved post. They submitted …
The petitioners, Avinash and Tushar Ahire, challenged the May 4, 2019 order of the Scheduled Tribe Certificate Scrutiny Committee that invalidated their claim of belonging to the Thakur Scheduled Tribe, which affected Avinash's appointment as a Sales Tax Inspector on a reserved post. They submitted …
The petitioners Avinash and Tushar Ahire challenged the May 4, 2019 order of the Scheduled Tribe Certificate Scrutiny Committee that invalidated their claim to belong to the Thakur Scheduled Tribe, which affected Avinash’s appointment as a Sales Tax Inspector on a reserved post. They submitted …
Dicet Creators & Innovators (India) Pvt Ltd filed a writ petition challenging an order dated 15‑10‑2025 passed by the Collector, Mumbai, alleging lack of jurisdiction. The petitioners sought relief from coercive steps and directed the High Court to entertain the matter despite the availability of a …
The petitioners, Somnath Ramhari Gawade and others, filed a writ petition challenging a District Judge's order that refused an ex‑parte ad‑interim injunction while a Miscellaneous Civil Appeal was pending. The underlying dispute concerned a Tahsildar's order under Section 143 of the Maharashtra Land …
The petitioners, Satish Bhujanga Shetty and others, filed a writ petition under Article 226 seeking a mandamus directing Respondent No.4, a private landlord, to remove a lock and allow repair work on a building terrace, along with various ancillary orders. The same reliefs had previously been sought …
Moshin Salim Chunawala, a construction businessman, claimed that police protection granted after underworld threats was free of charge. The State of Maharashtra later issued bills and a demand notice under Section 174 of the Maharashtra Land Revenue Code to recover alleged protection fees. Chunawala …
The petitioners, who have a substantive statutory remedy under the Maharashtra Land Revenue Code, 1966, filed a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution without first availing that remedy. They sought the Court's permission to withdraw the petition and instead pursue applications before …
The appellants, private landowners in Maharashtra, challenged revenue annotations and mutation entries that labelled their lands as private forests and vested in the State, arguing that the statutory requirements for acquisition were not fulfilled. The State contended that notices issued under …
The Supreme Court examined the status of Zudpi Jungle lands in six districts of Maharashtra, which, although recorded as forest lands, have been used for residential, agricultural, and governmental purposes for decades. The State of Maharashtra sought to treat these lands as non‑forest to avoid the …
The case concerned an auction of land owned by Prestige H.M. Polycontainers Ltd., which was mortgaged to a bank and later assigned to ARCIL. The Tahsildar conducted the auction without observing the mandatory 30‑day notice period and issued the sale certificate and possession to the appellant, …
The Supreme Court examined an appeal challenging a Bombay High Court order that disposed of a writ petition by adopting a "Minutes of Order" signed by counsel, without impleading parties who would be affected by the construction of a compound wall. The writ petition sought police protection for the …
The appellants, legal heirs of a landlord, sought possession of leased agricultural lands for personal cultivation after the landlord’s death. The landlord had issued a termination notice only for Survey No. 291, but the tenants occupied both Survey No. 291 and Survey No. 290/1‑2. Lower authorities …
The appellant, Shridhar C. Shetty (deceased) thr. LRs., had obtained an exemption under the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976 for two plots, obligating him to surrender 20% of the constructed area as tenements to government nominees. He constructed only one plot, handed over seven …
The appellant, the heirs of the late Vithaldas Jagannath Khatri, challenged a declaration that 59 acres 35 guntas of their agricultural land were surplus under the Maharashtra Agricultural Lands (Ceiling on Holdings) Act, 1961. The dispute centred on a partition deed dated 31‑01‑1970, executed …
The Maharashtra State Co‑operative Bank Ltd. (the Bank) took possession of mortgaged property of Vainganga Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana Ltd. (the Karkhana) after the Karkhana defaulted on a loan and later sold the property to Wainganga Sugar and Power Ltd. The Karkhana’s employees obtained a recovery …
The case concerned a partition deed dated 31‑January‑1970 in which a Hindu undivided family allotted agricultural land to two minor daughters of Vithaldas Jagannath Khatri. The State of Maharashtra challenged the exclusion of that land from the surplus‑land calculation under the Maharashtra …
The appellants, Sahyadri Co‑operative Credit Society Ltd. and Navhind Co‑operative Credit Society Ltd., had advanced loans to sugar factories Daulat Shetkari Sahakari Sakhar Karkhana Ltd. and Tasgaonkar Sugar Mills Ltd. and obtained a pledge over sugar stock as security. When the factories …
Gurudassing Nawoosing Panjwani, a displaced person, was allotted land under the Displaced Persons Act but later faced competing mutation entries arising from a series of revenue proceedings. Multiple revisions and appeals were filed under the Maharashtra Land Revenue Code, 1966, culminating in a …
The appellant, Narayan Laxman Patil, sought entry of his and six others' names in the "other rights" column of the Record of Rights for 11 acres of land in Village Eksar, claiming long uninterrupted possession and cultivation. The original owner, Kamlakar Narayan Samant, had sold the land to Gala …
The Promoters and Builders Association of Pune and the Nuclear Power Corporation excavated ordinary earth – the former for building foundations and the latter for widening a sea‑water intake channel – and were penalised under Section 48(7) of the Maharashtra Land Revenue Code, 1966 for allegedly …
The Maharashtra government acquired land for Voltas Ltd. and issued an allotment order in 1969 restricting alienation without prior permission and mandating use for workers' housing. Voltas later obtained an exemption under the Urban Land (Ceiling and Regulation) Act, 1976, to develop surplus land …
Ultra Tech Cement Ltd., the lessee of a limestone mining lease granted by the Government of Maharashtra on 12‑Feb‑1980, challenged demand notices for Zilla Parishad (ZP) cess and Gram Panchayat (GP) cess for the years 1987‑1992. The appellant argued that Section 151(1) of the Maharashtra Zilla …
The appellants were elected as councillors of Bhor Municipal Council on the ticket of the NCP, later left the party and formed a new political front. Respondents filed a disqualification petition under the Maharashtra Local Authority Members Disqualification Act, 1986, alleging that the appellants …
Tata Motors obtained a 99‑year lease of unalienated land from the Pimpri‑Chinchwad New Town Development Authority (the Development Authority) in 1995 and began industrial use in 1999. The state revenue authority issued demand notices for non‑agricultural cess for the period 1995‑96 to 2001‑02, which …
The case concerned land originally resumed in 1955, where a Tahsildar's 1976 order granted a share of the land to Shivgonda Patil. After the death of the original occupier, his heirs sought revision of that order in 1993. The Sub‑Divisional Officer, invoking Section 257 of the Maharashtra Land …
The Union of India and other appellants sought to recover central excise dues from SICOM Ltd., which had defaulted on a loan secured by a mortgage under the State Financial Corporation Act, 1951. The State Financial Corporation had taken possession of the mortgaged assets and claimed a first charge …
The partners of Somras Distillers (respondents 5‑7) were in arrears of sales‑tax and their properties were attached. A writ petition sought that the tax dues be recovered from the other partners (appellants) and not from them. The High Court ordered the properties to be auctioned; the auction was …
The State of Maharashtra leased land to Mahila Vikas Mandal for a women's hostel, stipulating that any part used for remunerative purposes required prior approval and payment of 50% of the net profit. The Collector later alleged commercial use and demanded 50% of the net income (Rs 19,03,103) as …
The appellants challenged a notification under Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 issued for acquiring their agricultural land, and the subsequent cancellation of that notification by a Sub‑Divisional Officer (SDO) under Section 5A. The SDO’s order was set aside by the Additional …
The appellant, a partnership firm, paid Rs. 781.33 lacs for the purchase of land and buildings of a cooperative cotton mill that had been partially resumed by the State. The liquidator executed a sale agreement, but the State later cancelled it, claiming the price was far below market value and that …
The appellant, a spinning and weaving mill, installed pumps in 1989 to draw water from the river Wana for industrial use. The Maharashtra Government, under Section 70 of the Maharashtra Land Revenue Code, 1966, issued a resolution fixing rates of water cess for non‑agricultural purposes, and the …
The Nagpur Improvement Trust (NIT) was liable to pay non‑agricultural assessment levied under the Maharashtra Land Revenue Code on lands it had leased to various lessees. The lessees contested this liability, arguing that Rule 9 of the Nagpur Improvement Trust (Land Disposal) Rules, 1955 made the …
The appellant, widow of a saw‑mill owner who defaulted on employer's provident fund, challenged the auction sale of the owner's land on the ground that the successful bidder (first respondent) failed to deposit the balance of the bid within the two‑month period prescribed by Sections 202 and 203 of …
The petitioners, exporters of frozen meat, obtained permission from the Collector under Section 44 of the Maharashtra Land Revenue Code, 1966 to convert agricultural land near Bhiwandi into a non‑agricultural abattoir and cold‑storage facility. Villagers objected, citing potential pollution of a …
The appellant purchased agricultural land from a tribal seller with collector's permission, but the Sub‑Divisional Officer, invoking the Maharashtra Restoration of Lands to Scheduled Tribes Act, 1974, ordered restoration of possession to the tribal buyer. The appellant appealed, arguing that …
