CHRISTOPHER CYRIL CORREIAversusAPEX GRIEVANCE REDRESSAL COMMITTEE SLUM REHABILITATION AUTORITY AND ORS

2026:BHC-AS:8761

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                           IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                                CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
                                WRIT PETITION NO.15856 OF 2025

            Christopher Cyril Correia                   ...           Petitioner
                  versus
            Apex Grievance Redressal Committee and Ors. …             Respondents

            Mr. Mukesh Tiwari, for Petitioner.

                               CORAM:       N.J.JAMADAR, J.

                               DATE :       17 FEBRUARY 2026
            P.C.

            1.     Heard the learned Counsel for the Petitioner.

            2.     By this Petition under Article 227 of the Constitution of India, the

            Petitioner assails an order dated 28 January 2025 passed by the Apex

            Grievance Redressal Committee in Appeal No.105 of 2023, whereby the

            appeal preferred by the Petitioner against an order dated 15 December 2022

            passed by the Additional Collector (E/R) and Appellate Authority under

            Section 35 of the Maharashtra Slum Areas (Improvement, Clearance and

            Redevelopment) Act, 1971, came to be dismissed.

            3.     Late Cyril Michael Correia, father of the Petitioner, was declared eligible

            for the benefit under the slum rehabilitation scheme of Amrapali CHS Limited

            situated at Kole-Kalyan, Tal. Andheri. The name of the Petitioner’s father was

            included in Annexure II at Sr. No.171.        Mr. James Lobo (R4) lodged a

            complaint with the Competent Authority, SRA, that late Cyril M. Correia and



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Chandan Singh Meher had obtained benefits under the SRA scheme for

Kalina Sangam CHS as well as Amrapali CHS. After having been allotted a

tenement in Kalina Sangam CHS, late Cyril Correia got his name fraudulently

inserted in Annexure II for Amrapali CHS on the basis of the self-same

documents and availed the benefit under the said SRA scheme as well.

4.    By an order dated 15 December 2022, the Appellate Authority declared

late Cyril M. Correia and Chandan Singh Meher permanently ineligible for the

benefit under Amrapali CHS Ltd.      The Appellate Authority noted that, after

allotment of the tenement in Kalina Sangam i.e. Flat No.A-303, late Cyril

Correia had sold the said tenement to L.C.A.Joseph and the latter had, in

turn, transferred the said tenement to Kiran and Harshada Dumbre, who had

further transferred the said flat to Shivram Laxman Pawar, whose name was

included in the list of members of the society and in whose favour share

certificate was also issued by the Society. Thus, having availed the benefit of

the SRA scheme in respect of Kalina Sangam CHS, late Cyril Correia could

not have again obtained the benefit under the slum rehabilitation scheme for

Amrapali.

5.    Being aggrieved, the Petitioner preferred an appeal before the Apex

Grievance Redressal Committee. It was contended that the Petitioner had

placed on record documents to demonstrate that the Petitioner had not

applied for, and availed, the benefit under the SRA scheme for Kalina


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Sangam CHS. Without delving into those documents, the Appellate Authority

had passed an order dated 15 December 2022.              The Apex Grievance

Redressal Committee was not persuaded to accede to the aforesaid

contentions of the Petitioner, and reiterating that, late Cyril Correia had

transferred the tenement i.e. Flat No.A-303 allotted to him in Kalina Sangam

CHS, the Apex Grievance Redressal Committee dismissed the Appeal.

6.     Being further aggrieved and dissatisfied, the Petitioner has invoked the

writ jurisdiction.

7.     Mr. Tiwari, learned Counsel for the Petitioner, would urge that, both the

authorities have not considered the material placed on record by the

Petitioner to show that he was legitimately entitled to the benefit under the

slum rehabilitation scheme for Amrapali CHS. By mis-using the documents

pertaining to the late father of the Petitioner, a tenement was shown to have

been allotted in the name of the father of the Petitioner in Kalina Sangam

CHS.

8.     The submissions do not deserve to be countenanced.                 Both the

authorities have recorded concurrent finding of facts based on objective

material to show that late Cyril Correia had availed the benefit under the SR

scheme for Kalina Sangam CHS. After availing the benefit, late Cyril Correia

had transferred Flat No.A-303 in Kalina Sangam CHS to L.C.A.Joseph, which

was further transferred to successive transferees.


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                      9.       In the face of the aforesaid material, the submission on behalf of the

                      Petitioner that the documents pertaining to late Cyril Correia were misused

                      and Flat No.A-303 was shown to have been allotted in the name of late Cyril

                      Correia fraudulently, does not hold any ground.

                      10.      In view of the provisions contained in Regulation 33(10)(VI)(1.10) of

                      DCR, any person who can be held eligible under more than one slum

                      rehabilitation scheme, shall be held eligible in only one scheme.            The

                      authorities were, thus, justified in holding that, late Cyril Correia could not

                      have again availed the benefit under the SRA scheme for Amrapali CHS after

                      having been allotted a tenement i.e. Flat No.A-303 in Kalina Sangam CHS, in

                      view of the bar contained in DCR 33(10). No interference is, thus, warranted

                      in the exercise of the supervisory jurisdiction.

                      11.      The Writ Petition, thus, stands dismissed.




                                                                               ( N.J.JAMADAR, J. )




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Signed by: S.S.Phadke
Designation: PS To Honourable Judge
Date: 20/02/2026 18:16:35