Mr. Santosh Pandurang Jadhav v. the Union of India and Ors.
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Neutral citation 2025:BHC-AS:41777-DB. Bombay High Court, Civil Appellate Jurisdiction, Division Bench of G. S. Kulkarni and Aarti Sathe, JJ., order dated 17 September 2025 in a large batch of writ petitions with common facts and prayers (lead cause title: W.P. No.14789/2023, Nisha Chanika Prasad Patel v. Union of India; prayers drawn from W.P. No.12197/2023, Ganesh Bhikaji Chavan v. Union of India), against the Union of India and others, with the State represented by the AGP and respondent No.2 (Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation) by separate counsel. Subject: challenge to SDO Kalyan notice dated 21/08/2023 directing surrender of possession of chawl tenements on DFCCIL-acquired land (Survey No.23, Village Bhopar, Kalyan, Thane; award dated 19/03/2013); structures demolished on 4 October 2023 during pendency. Outcome: petitions disposed of as infructuous; liberty to claim compensation before the Designated Officer within six weeks; contentions kept open; interim amendment applications disposed of; no costs. No precedents cited or discussed; no monetary award.