Writ petition regarding allotment of land by Nagpur Improvement Trust with the petitioner's proposal pending before the State Government for fifteen years. The Court issued time-bound directions for forwarding compliance reports and deciding the proposal.
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2024:BHC-NAG:13259-DB
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY, NAGPUR BENCH : NAGPUR.
WRIT PETITION NO.7050 of 2024
Madan s/o Akant Matey
vs.
Hon’ble Minister, State of Maharashtra, through its Secretary, Department of Urban Development, Mumbai and others.
Mr. S. G. Jagtap, Advocate for petitioner. Mr. S. S.Hulke, Assistant Government Pleader for respondent no.1. Mr. G. A.Kunte, Advocate for respondent nos. 2 to 4.
CORAM :- NITIN W. SAMBRE AND MRS. VRUSHALI V. JOSHI, JJ. DATE :- 5th DECEMBER, 2024
P. C.
Heard learned counsel for the respective parties.
(i) The compliance which are reported by the petitioner be duly forwarded to the respondent-Nagpur Improvement Trust, if so required by calling additional information from the petitioner to the State Government, in any case, by 31.01.2025.
The communication issued by the Nagpur Improvement Trust to the Desk Officer, State Government, Urban Development Department, Mumbai, dated 29.10.2021 has to be kept at the back of the mind while dealing with the claim of the petitioner by the State Government.
For said purpose, if so required, we permit the petitioner to appear before the Authority, viz. Secretary (Estate), Nagpur Improvement Trust on 02.01.2025 in response to information called by the respondentUrban Development Department.
(ii) Once such proposal complete in all respects, is forwarded, which is in continuation to the earlier proposal dated 07.04.2009, we expect the State Government to take a decision on the same expeditiously and in any case within a period of four months from the date of receipt of the proposal from the Nagpur Improvement Trust.
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(MRS.VRUSHALI V. JOSHI, J.) (NITIN W. SAMBRE, J.)
Andurkar
1 issue framed by the court
Whether the State Government could be directed to decide the petitioner's land allotment proposal pending for fifteen years within a time bound manner.
Madan s/o Akant Matey
Hon'ble Minister, State of Maharashtra, through its Secretary, Department of Urban Development, Mumbai
Nagpur Improvement Trust (respondent no.2)
Nitin W. Sambre
Vrushali V. Joshi
As recorded by the court registry
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