Blue Castle Infra LLP v. Slum Rehabilitation Authority
Case brief
What is this about?
Stop work notice; interim stay; conditional deposit of Rs. 5 crores with SRA; bank guarantee in favour of Prothonotary and Senior Master, High Court Original Side, Bombay; section 13(3) Maharashtra Slum Areas (Improvement, Clearance and Redevelopment) Act 1971; amounts due and payable on entering the project; heads of expenditure alleged never subject to payment or recovery; Chief Executive Officer SRA to hear parties and recalculate on affidavit; all contentions kept open; prima facie view; Blue Castle Infra LLP; Saranga Estate Private Limited; Slum Rehabilitation Authority; Writ Petition No.1577 of 2025; Writ Petition [L] No.3726 of 2025; Bombay High Court; listed 11 August 2025; protection lapses on non-deposit.
What did the court decide?
Interim conditional relief: the Stop Work notices dated 17th March, 2025 and 6th April, 2025 were continued in stay subject to the petitioners depositing Rs. 5 crores with the SRA within one week (deposit permitted in this Court and/or by nationalised-bank guarantee in favour of the Prothonotary and Senior Master, High Court Original Side, Bombay), without prejudice to their rights and contentions; the Chief Executive Officer of the SRA was directed to hear the parties and pass an order on the amounts due under section 13(3) of the Maharashtra Slum Areas (Improvement, Clearance and Redevelopment) Act, 1971, with the correct calculation to be placed on record on affidavit before the adjourned date; all contentions kept open; the protection lapses if the amounts are not deposited; proceedings listed on 11th August, 2025 (High on Board).