Mr. Rajpal Havasingh Malik v. the Union of India and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Bombay High Court Division Bench batch of writ petitions disposed 17 September 2025; occupants of tenements/chawls built 2012-2019 on Survey No.23, Village Bhopar, Tal. Kalyan, District Thane; land acquired under award dated 19 March 2013 for Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation (DFCCIL), respondent No.2; impugned notice dated 21.08.2023 by Sub Divisional Officer, Kalyan to hand over possession; structures demolished 04.10.2023 with police machinery; vacation challenge held infructuous; petitioners permitted to seek compensation before Designated Officer within six weeks; contentions kept open; interim applications for amendment disposed; no costs; coram G.S. Kulkarni & Aarti Sathe JJ.; counsel V.A. Gangal Sr. Counsel for petitioners, A.I. Patel AGP for State, Pradnya R. Bansode for Respondent No.2.
What did the court decide?
Petitions disposed of in terms of the Court's orders: petitioners permitted to make appropriate applications for compensation before the Designated Officer (to be made within six weeks as stated by counsel), to be decided in accordance with law; all contentions expressly kept open; interim applications disposed of; no costs.