Kedar Eknath Telang v. the Union of India and Ors.

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Bombay High Court, Civil Appellate Jurisdiction, Division Bench of G.S. Kulkarni and Aarti Sathe, JJ.; order dated 17 September 2025; neutral citation 2025:BHC-AS:41777-DB; file 905-WP [email protected]. Large batch of writ petitions of 2023-2024 (led by W.P. No.14789 of 2023, Nisha Chanika Prasad Patel v. Union of India) with numerous interim applications of 2024-2025, by occupants of tenements constructed 2012-2019 on Survey No.23, Village Bhopar, Taluka Kalyan, District Thane, acquired by award dated 19 March 2013 for respondent No.2 Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation (DFCCIL, established by Union of India); impugned SDO Kalyan notice dated 21/08/2023 (No. K.D./Te-2/Bhusampadan/DFCCIL/Ka.V.1110/23) demanding possession; structures (chawls) demolished 4 October 2023 with police machinery; petitions disposed of as infructuous with liberty to seek compensation before the Designated Officer within six weeks; all contentions kept open; no costs. Counsel: V.A. Gangal (Senior Counsel) with Anurag Kulkarni, Shweta Parab, A.P. Mandlik for petitioners; A.I. Patel, AGP with Savita Prabhune, AGP for the State; Pradnya R. Bansode for Respondent No.2. Themes: demolition of structures on acquired land, encroachment/unauthorised construction dispute, dedicated freight corridor land acquisition, compensation claim procedure before Designated Officer, infructuous writ petitions, certiorari and mandamus prayers.