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Maharashtra Municipal Corporations Act, 1949

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SUMIT BHARAT AKADEversusSOLAPUR MUNICIPAL CORPORATION AND ORS

Disposed Off

The petitioner, Sumit Bharat Akade, sought to withdraw his writ petition against Solapur Municipal Corporation and others, requesting the court's permission to pursue a statutory appeal under Section 56(4) of the Maharashtra Municipal Corporations Act, 1949, and a revisional remedy under Section 451 …

SEAVIEW RESIDENCY COOPERATIVE HOUSING SOCIETY LTD.versusSANDEEP S. THAKUR

Disposed Off

The petitioner, a Navi Mumbai resident, filed a PIL under Article 226 seeking a writ of mandamus to quash development permissions granted by the State of Maharashtra and the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) to Respondent Nos. 3 to 7 co-operative housing societies, contending that Regulation …

JAI HIND SINDHU EDUCATION TRUST AND ORSversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ORS

Dismissed

The Jai Hind Sindhu Education Trust, a public charitable trust that runs several schools and a college in Pune, sought a declaration that its premises are exempt from property tax under Section 132(1)(b) of the Maharashtra Municipal Corporations Act, 1949. The Pimpri‑Chinchwad Municipal Corporation …

BHAKTI DEEPAK CHAUDHARY AND ORSversusVASAI VIRAR MUNICIPAL CORPORATION AND ANR

Allowed

The petitioners, doctors and other medical staff employed on contractual basis by Vasai Virar Municipal Corporation (VVMC), claimed they had served continuously for 8‑11 years and sought regularisation and permanency of their posts. They argued that the MMC Act, 1949 permits only six‑month temporary …

DINESH TUKARAM BHOIR AND ORSversusVASAI VIRAR MUNICIPAL CORPORATION

Allowed

The petitioners, doctors and other medical staff employed on contractual basis by Vasai Virar Municipal Corporation (VVMC), claimed they had served continuously for 8‑11 years and sought regularisation and permanency of their posts. They argued that the MMC Act’s provisions on appointments and the …

RAJESH VADHRYA AND ANRversusULHASNAGAR MUNICIPAL CORPORATION AND ORS

Allowed

The petition challenged the Mayor’s order dated 4 September 2026 and the Municipal Commissioner’s subsequent communication of 7 September 2026 which indefinitely postponed a Special General Body Meeting (SGBM) for appointing nominated councillors in Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation. The petitioners …

SHIVDAS DASHRATH GAIKWADversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THRO. GP

Disposed Off

The petitioners sought enforcement of a demolition order dated 10 February 2017 issued by the Maharashtra Municipal Corporations Authority under Section 478 of the Maharashtra Municipal Corporations Act, 1949, directing demolition of unauthorized construction within 15 days. The Authority claimed it …

JITENDRA RAJARAM MHATREversusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THR GP AND ORS

Disposed Off

The petitioners sought enforcement of a demolition order dated 10 February 2017 issued by the Maharashtra Municipal Corporations Authority under Section 478 of the Maharashtra Municipal Corporations Act, 1949, directing demolition of unauthorized construction within 15 days. The Authority claimed it …

AKOLA MUNICIPAL CORPORATION AND ANR.versusZISHAN HUSSAIN AZHAR HUSSAIN AND ANR.

2025 INSC 1398Case Allowed

The Akola Municipal Corporation revised property tax rates for the years 2017‑18 to 2021‑22 after a 16‑year hiatus, invoking its statutory powers under the Maharashtra Municipal Corporations Act. Dr. Zishan Hussain filed a public interest litigation alleging that the revision was irrational, …

SANJAY SADASHIV BENDRE & ANR.versusTHE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA & ORS.

2025 INSC 400Appeal(s) allowed

The appellants, senior firemen of the Pune Municipal Corporation, challenged the corporation's order that reduced their retirement age from 60 to 58 years based on a reclassification of their post as Class III under the 2014 Recruitment Rules. The High Court had upheld the lower retirement age, …

KALYAN DOMBIVALI MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONversusSANJAY GAJANAN GHARAT AND ANOTHER

2022 INSC 377Appeal(s) allowed

The Kalyan Dombivali Municipal Corporation (KDM Corp) and the State of Maharashtra appealed against a Bombay High Court order that set aside the suspension of Sanjay Gajanan Gharat, an Additional Municipal Commissioner (AMC), and quashed the departmental inquiry against him. Gharat had been arrested …

SANJAY RAMDAS PATILversusSANJAY AND OTHERS

2021 INSC 435Appeal(s) allowed

The Supreme Court examined a dispute over the reservation of the Mayor's office in Dhule Municipal Corporation. The State of Maharashtra had notified that the post would be reserved for the Backward Class (BC) for the term starting June 2021, despite earlier reservations for BC and no reservation …

SHAILESH BANDU SWAMI AND ANOTHERversusDIPAK AND OTHERS

2018 INSC 878Appeal(s) allowed

The case concerned the constitution of the Standing Committee of Latur City Municipal Corporation and the election of its Chairman under the Maharashtra Municipal Corporations Act, 1949. Because of an Election Commission "code of conduct" the corporation could not complete the statutory steps for …

AJAY RAMDAS RAMTEKE AND ANR.versusMAHANAGAR SUDHAR SAMITL,AKOLA& ORS.

2015 INSC 84Appeal(s) allowed

The Supreme Court examined a dispute arising from the 2012 elections to the Akola Municipal Corporation where a post‑poll group (aghadi) called Mahanagar Sudhar Samiti was formed by elected councillors. The group applied for registration under the second proviso of Section 31A(2) of the Maharashtra …