Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai through General Manager Best v. Chandrakant Ganpat Pilaware
Case brief
What is this about?
Condonation of delay; interim applications in writ petitions (L) dismissed for non-removal of office objections; BEST Undertaking / MCGM; petitions at pre-notice stage on lodging stamp number; delay 170-180 days held neither deliberate nor inordinate; conditional condonation with deposit of Rs. 3,000 per Petition; removal of office objections; cost donated to National Association for the Blind and Children Aid Society Mumbai (Rs. 15,000 each); deadline 10 March 2025 with recall of order and continuation of dismissal on failure; Bombay High Court OO(CJ); Judges Ravindra V. Ghuge and Ashwin D. Bhobe; 14 February 2025.
What did the court decide?
All Interim Applications partly allowed and disposed of; delay condoned subject to deposit of Rs. 3,000/- per Petition; office objections to be removed and the cost donated (Rs. 15,000/- each to National Association for the Blind and Children Aid Society, Mumbai) on or before 10th March, 2025, failing which this order stands recalled and the dismissal continues to operate.