Maharashtra Regional Town Planning Act, 1966

Star Enterprises and other appellants submitted the highest monetary offers for lease of plots in response to a public tender issued by the City and Industrial Development Corporation (CIDC) of Maharashtra, a government company acting as a New Town Development Authority. The CIDC rejected these offers without providing…

The Supreme Court examined a public‑interest litigation concerning a plot of land in Andheri reserved for a BEST bus depot under the development plan. The BEST Committee approved a scheme to construct two commercial buildings on part of the plot, generating a non‑refundable premium for the corporation. A petition chall…

The appellants surrendered a 66,372.82 sq. m. parcel of land in Pune to the Municipal Corporation under a scheme that promised Transferable Development Rights (TDR) at 100% Floor Space Index (FSI) as compensation for the land reserved for a park. The State, invoking the land's classification as a "Hill Top/Hill Slope" …

The State of Maharashtra acquired land under the Maharashtra Regional & Town Planning Act, 1966 after the Act was amended to include a three‑year limit for publishing a declaration under s.126(2). The petitioners challenged the acquisition, arguing that the amendment applied only to pending proceedings and that compens…

The Nagpur Improvement Trust (NIT) had framed an improvement scheme in 1964 that provided for a 15‑metre internal road. After the Maharashtra Regional Town Planning Act (MRTP Act) came into force, the final Development Plans (DP) prepared under the MRTP Act in 1976, 1989 and 2001 omitted any such road. The NIT issued d…

Godrej & Boyce Manufacturing Co. Ltd. owned land in Vikhroli that was reserved in the 1991 Development Plan for acquisition by the Ministry of Railways to lay additional tracks. The reservation required acquisition within ten years or, failing that, the landowner could serve a notice and, if no acquisition commenced wi…

Parag Construction and other appellants bought land in Borivali (Final Plots 22A, 228 and 22C) at a court auction in 1981 and later challenged the acquisition of that land by the arbitrator under the Maharashtra Regional Town Planning Act, 1966, arguing that they were not given notice and therefore the acquisition was …

The petitioners challenged a notification issued under Section 4(1) of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 for acquiring land in Pandharpur to extend an existing state transport bus stand and depot. They argued that the land, reserved for residential use under the Maharashtra Regional Town Planning Act, 1966, could not be u…

The charitable trust Ekta Mahila Mandal constructed rooms and a playground on a 770 sq.m plot in the N‑7 sector of CIDCO, which was earmarked as a green belt under the development plan. The trust sought regularisation of the plot for a primary school, invoking Article 21A of the Constitution as a fundamental right to e…

The Mahatma Gandhi Mission, a charitable trust, sought land from CIDCO for a college, hospital, club, stadium and staff quarters. While agreements were executed for the college, hospital, club and stadium, no deed or possession was ever given for the staff quarters. CIDCO cancelled the allotment of the disputed land an…

The Promoters & Builders Association of Pune challenged a modification to Pune's Development Control Rules (DCR) wherein the State Government, while sanctioning the Municipal Corporation's proposal under Section 37(2) of the Maharashtra Regional Town Planning Act, 1966, inserted the words "from the very said plot" into…

The case concerned a scheme under the Maharashtra Regional & Town Planning Act, 1966 for reserving land for stables and a road, which was later modified to reserve the same land for informal housing and stables. The original reservation was deleted and a corrigendum restored the status quo ante with a slight modificati…

The City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra (CIDCO) allotted a commercial plot to original allottees, who transferred it to the appellants. CIDCO accepted transfer fees and full lease premium, executed lease and confirmation deeds, and issued development permission and commencement certificate, after…

The appellant's land was reserved for a primary school under a development plan and a purchase notice was served under Section 49 of the Maharashtra Regional Town Planning Act, 1966. The State Government confirmed the notice and the appropriate authority filed an acquisition proposal within the period prescribed by Sec…

The dispute concerned a 2,005‑sq‑m parcel in Malad, Mumbai, originally declared a slum and reserved as Recreational Ground under the 1991 Development Plan. Jyoti Builders (appellant) claimed that the 2015 order of the CEO‑SRA required the State Government to acquire the land under s.14(1) of the Maharashtra Slum Areas …

The appellants, owners of land in Mumbai, challenged the municipal corporation’s acquisition of their property for a link road, arguing that the road could only be built after amending the Development Plan under the Maharashtra Regional Town Planning Act (MRTP Act). The High Court upheld the acquisition, holding that t…