Macrotech Developers Limited v. the State of Maharashtra through Urban Development Department
Case brief
What is this about?
Bombay High Court writ petitions W.P. No. 2388 of 2024 (Nitin Bhabutmal Jain & Ors.) and W.P. No. 1385 of 2024 (Macrotech Developers Limited) against State of Maharashtra & Ors. and MHADA, decided 10 January 2025 by Gadkari and Khata JJ. Subject: allotment of premises, carpet-area verification after joint inspection ordered 19/26 June 2024, measurement and compliance affidavits of MHADA and MCGM dated 2 July 2024, petitioner's unconditional-in-substance acceptance of possession as allotted. Outcome: petitions and Interim Application (L) No. 27886 of 2024 disposed of; physical allotment to be completed within two weeks of approach to MHADA; transit accommodation rent arrears left for adjudication before concerned MHADA Authority. No statutory provisions or precedents discussed; suitable for citing on MHADA allotment/transit-rent adjudication practice.
What did the court decide?
Both Writ Petitions (No. 2388 of 2024 and No. 1385 of 2024) and Interim Application (L) No. 27886 of 2024 were disposed of; MHADA to complete the procedure for physical allotment of flats within two weeks of the Petitioners approaching the concerned Authority; Petitioners left free to seek adjudication of their Transit Accommodation Rent arrears by filing an appropriate Application before the concerned MHADA Authority.