Gulam Gaus Ambilkar v. Kalyan Dombivali Municipal Corporation through Commissioner and Ors.
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VPH
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION No. 125 OF 2015
Gulam Gaus Ambilkar … Petitioner Vs. Kalyan Dombivali Municipal Corporation & Ors. … Respondents
Mr. Sachin Chavan h/f S. S. Kulkarni, for the Petitioner.
Mr. Prashant Kamble i/b A. S. Rao, for the Respondent Nos. 1 & 2. Ms. Neelam B. Ghorpade i/b M. A. Sirajuddin Farooqui, for Respondent Nos. 3 to 6.
Ms. Aparna Vhatkar, AGP, for Respondent No. 8.
Mr. Anuj Jaiswal i/b Little & Co., for Respondent No. 10.
CORAM : V. M. KANADE, & Smt. SWAPNA S. JOSHI, JJ. DATE : SEPTEMBER 14, 2016 PC.
. The learned counsel appearing for Respondent Nos. 1 and 2 has produced an order / communication dated 9.9.2016 in which
it is mentioned that illegal slaughter house which was being conducted through the premises has now been closed down. In view of this
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letter, the main grievance of the Petitioner does not survive. It is submitted that the structures in which the said business was being conducted is also unauthorised, and therefore, the directions may be given to the Corporation to demolish the same. In our view, it is open for the Petitioner to make representation to the Corporation seeking against the alleged illegal construction. If such a representation is made, the Respondent- Corporation shall consider the same on merits
and in accordance with law. With this direction, PIL is disposed of.
Sd/Sd/[Smt. SWAPNA S. JOSHI, J.] [V. M. KANADE, J.]
Vinayak Halemath
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Gulam Gaus Ambilkar
Kalyan Dombivali Municipal Corporation
V. M. KANADE
SWAPNA S. JOSHI
As recorded by the court registry
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