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Bhushan Baldev Khatri and Anr. v. Municipal Corporation of City of Ulhasnagar, and Ors.

Bombay HC10 Jan 2025WP/11215/2024

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What is this about?

Ulhasnagar; Municipal Corporation of City of Ulhasnagar; demolition of structure; debris removed; compliance with interim directions/orders dated 8th and 14th August 2024; refund of Rs.5,00,000/- Registry deposit with interest; writ petition disposed; Bombay High Court; Civil Writ Petition No. 11215 of 2024; Khatri v. Municipal Corporation of Ulhasnagar; Coram A.S. Gadkari & Kamal Khata, JJ.; decided 10 January 2025.

What did the court decide?

Refund of Rs.5,00,000/- with interest (if any accrued) deposited by the Petitioners in the Registry, within two weeks from receipt of the Order; Petition disposed as nothing further survived. ¶15

Bhushan Baldev Khatri and Anr. vs Municipal Corporation of City of Ulhasnagar, and Ors. — Bombay HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

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Outcome

Refund of Rs.5,00,000/- with interest (if any accrued) deposited by the Petitioners in the Registry, within two weeks from receipt of the Order; Petition disposed as nothing further survived.

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Issue for consideration

Whether anything further survives in the Writ Petition after the Petitioners complied with the Court's directions contained in the Orders dated 8th August 2024 and 14th August 2024 (structure completely demolished and debris removed).

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Court's answer

Since the directions issued vide Orders dated 8th August 2024 and 14th August 2024 stand complied with — the structure in question completely demolished and all associated debris removed, a fact conceded on instructions by Respondent No.1 — nothing further survives in the Petition, which is accordingly disposed off.

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Ratio / Principle

The Registry is directed to refund the amount of Rs.5,00,000/- with interest, if any accrued, deposited by the Petitioners in the Registry, within a period of two weeks from the date of receipt of the Order.

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Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Bombay High Court (A.S. Gadkari & Kamal Khata, JJ.), by a short P.C. order dated 10 January 2025, disposed of CIVIL WRIT PETITION NO. 11215 OF 2024 (Bhushan Baldev Khatri & Anr. v. Municipal Corporation of City of Ulhasnagar & Ors.). Learned counsel for the Petitioners, upon instructions, submitted that the directions issued vide Orders dated 8th August 2024 and 14th August 2024 had been complied with — the structure in question was completely demolished and all associated debris removed — a fact conceded on instructions by Respondent No.1 (Mr. Vijay D. Patil). Holding that nothing further survived in the Petition, the Court disposed it off and directed the Registry to refund the sum of Rs.5,00,000/- deposited by the Petitioners, with interest if any accrued, within two weeks from receipt of the Order. No statute or precedent was cited; no issue of law was argued or decided beyond the disposal and refund direction.

Bhushan Baldev Khatri and Anr. v. Municipal Corporation of City of Ulhasnagar, and Ors.

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