ALMEIDA BAUG CHAWL SRA CO-OP. HOUSING SOCIETYversusSTATE OF MAHARASHTRA, THROUGH MINISTRY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT

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         IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
              ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION

           INTERIM APPLICATION (L) NO. 27735 OF 2026
                              IN
                WRIT PETITION NO. 2416 OF 2025
                            WITH
                WRIT PETITION NO. 2416 OF 2025

Almeida Baug Chawl SRA Coop. Housing
Society, Proposed & Anr.                       .. Applicants

In the matter between:

Almeida Baug Chawl SRA Coop. Housing
Society, Proposed & Anr.                       .. Petitioners

             Vs.

State of Maharashtra & Ors.                      .. Respondents
                                  ...
Ms. Nilima V. Sanglikar for the applicants/petitioners.
Smt. Gauri G. Sawant, AGP for Respondent No1-State.
Ms. Shweta Patankar for Respondent No.2-BMC.
Mr. Prakhar Tandon a/w Ms. Rutuja Shedge, Yashi Bhatt i/by
Ravleen Sabharwal for Respondent No.3-SRA.
                                  ...

             CORAM : MAHESH CHANDRA TRIPATHI, CJ. &
                     ADVAIT M. SETHNA, J.

            DATE      : 10th SEPTEMBER, 2026.

P.C. :

1.          The applicants/petitioners pray for the following reliefs in
Interim Application (L) No. 27735 of 2026: -


            “(a) Pending the hearing and final disposal of the
            above Writ Petition, this Hon’ble Court may be pleased
            to direct the Respondents to consider and decide, the
            proposal submitted by the Applicants as reflected in the
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           plan annexed at Exhibit “J” in accordance with law and
           within such time as this Hon’ble Court may deem fit;

           (b)   Pending the admission, hearing and final disposal
           of the above Writ Petition, this Hon’ble Court may be
           pleased to direct the Respondents to undertake a proper
           survey of the existing land use of the subject lands and
           the surrounding area and, on the basis thereof,
           reconsider the necessity and justification of the
           reservations imposed upon the subject lands;

           (c)    Pending the hearing and final disposal of the Writ
           Petition, direct the Assistant Commissioner, L Ward, to
           forthwith forward the No Objection Certificate issued by
           the Estate Department with Annexure II to Respondent
           No.3 for processing the Applicants’ proposal and for
           issuance of the Letter of Intent (LOI) and Intimation of
           Approval (IOA) in accordance with law;”


2.         The    learned   counsel    for   the   applicants/petitioners
confined the relief, firstly, to forthwith forward     the No Objection
Certificate issued by the Estate Department with Annexure II to
Respondent No.3 for processing the Applicants’ proposal and for
issuance of the Letter of Intent (LOI) and Intimation of Approval (IOA),
which is to be addressed by the Competent Authority. Thereafter, to
consider    and    decide    the      proposal     submitted        by        the
applicants/petitioners as reflected in the plan annexed at Exhibit “J”
to the Interim Application, in accordance with law.


3.         Be that as it may. Without adverting to the merits of the
matter, we direct the Competent Authority to forward the No
Objection Certificate issued by the Estate Department with Annexure
II to respondent no.3 within a period of six weeks and thereafter the
respondents shall consider and decide the proposal submitted by the
applicants/petitioners as reflected in the plan annexed at Exhibit “J
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                             to the Interim Application within a period of further six weeks, in the
                             light of the NOC granted by the competent authority.


                             4.         With the above directions, the Interim Application and the
                             Writ Petition are disposed of.



                             [ADVAIT M. SETHNA, J.]                           [CHIEF JUSTICE]




          Digitally signed
          by PRAVIN
PRAVIN    DASHARATH
DASHARATH PANDIT
PANDIT    Date:
          2026.09.11
          17:57:00 +0530




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