Bombay High Court
THE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION GREATER MUMBAIversusYUSUF RAHIMATULLA KHANDEWANI AND ANR
- Decided
- Disposal
- Disposed Off
Holding
The decree in LC Suit No. 756/2009 is not stayed, and the application to dismiss the execution petition is misconceived, leading to dismissal of the writ petition.
Summary
The Municipal Corporation Greater Mumbai filed a writ petition challenging an order dated 28 August 2026 that dismissed its application to quash an execution petition. The petition relied on a prior SLP (C) No. 5056/2014 where the decree holders were allowed to seek alternate accommodation, which the corporation claimed had been rejected. The court noted that the decree from LC Suit No. 756/2009 remains in force and has not been stayed by the first appellate court, rendering the application to dismiss the execution petition misconceived. Consequently, the writ petition was dismissed. The court also imposed costs of Rs.25,000 on the petitioner to be deposited with the Maharashtra State Legal Services Authority.
Issues considered
- Whether the order dismissing the application to quash the execution petition is valid.
- Whether the decree in LC Suit No. 756/2009 is stayed or remains operative.
- Whether the petitioner's reliance on SLP (C) No. 5056/2014 affects the execution proceedings.
Subjects
- execution petition
- decree
- stay of decree
- municipal corporation
- writ petition
- Civil Procedure Code
Judgment
901-WP-12684-2026.DOC
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
WRIT PETITION NO. 12684 OF 2026
The Municipal Corporation Greater Mumbai ..Petitioner
Versus
Yusuf Rahimatulla Khandewani and Anr …Respondents
Mr. Girish Godbole, Senior Advocate, a/w Mr. Santosh Mali,
for the Petitioner – BMC.
Mr. Girish B Kedia, a/w Mr. Manoj G Agre, for Respondents.
Mr. Santosh Singade, Officer, S. E. k/w Ward BMC.
CORAM : N. J. JAMADAR, J.
DATE : 01st OCTOBER 2026
P.C.:
1. Heard Mr. Godbole, the learned Senior Advocate for the
SAINATH
SANJAY
BODKHE
Digitally signed by
SAINATH SANJAY
BODKHE
Date: 2026.10.03
petitioner.
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2. The challenge in this petition is to an order dated 28 th
August, 2026 passed by the learned Judge, City Civil Court
whereby an application preferred by the petitioner to dismiss
the execution petition, came to be dismissed.
3. The said application was filed on the premise that, in SLP
(C) No. 5056/2014, the decree holders/respondents herein were
granted liberty to move before the Competent Authority for
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alternate accommodation, if permissible under the law, and that
such representation made by the respondent has been
considered and rejected by the Competent Authority.
4. Evidently, the decree passed in L C Suit No. 756/2009 is
in force and it has not been stayed by the first Appellate Court.
Thus, the application for dismissal of the execution petition was
wholly misconceived.
5. The Writ Petition stands dismissed with costs of
Rs.25,000/- to be deposited by the petitioner, with Maharashtra
State Legal Services Authority, within a period of three weeks.
[N. J. JAMADAR, J.]
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