Gulshan Mohammed Salim Chohan v. the State of Maharashtra
Case brief
What is this about?
Bombay High Court OOCJ writ petitions disposed on consent in terms of Minutes of Order; SRA slum rehabilitation lottery for permanent alternate accommodation at Daulat Nagar Rehab Buildings C-1 and C-2; extension building with 112 units; lottery conducted 18 August 2023 for 138 members per seniority list of slum dwellers who vacated structures in 2003; occupation certificate; interim order dated 4 August 2023 restraining possession; guidelines order dated 21 September 2015 Exhibit B; first out & first in policy; circular 162; compliance report within 4 weeks; rights and contentions kept open; Article 226 of the Constitution; Slum Rehabilitation Authority; MCGM; developer respondent no. 5; neutral citation 2025:BHC-OS:18267-DB.
What did the court decide?
Writ Petition No. 1469 of 2023 and the 13 companion writ petitions disposed of in terms of the Minutes of Order: (i) respondent no. 5 to prepare the list of slum dwellers including the petitioners for the lottery in the Extension Building, with the SRA to consider their names in the final list within 4 weeks; (ii) petitioners to be rehabilitated on the 'first out & first in policy', verified by the SRA per circular 162, with the entire exercise completed within 4 weeks and a compliance report submitted to the Court; (iii) respondent no. 5, with SRA support, permitted to hand over possession of the Permanent Alternate Accommodation in Buildings C-1 and C-2 to the 138 members as per the lottery of 18 August, 2023; all rights and contentions of the parties kept open in the companion petitions.