Suresh Rakhmaji Gaikwad (Since Deceased through His Wife) Nirmala Suresh Gaikwad v. the Secretary Slum Rehabilitation Authority
Case brief
What is this about?
Transit rent default; slum redevelopment; SRA; CEO SRA; Special Cell; designated officers; free-sale component freezing; Section 33B Maharashtra Slum Areas (Improvement, Clearance and Redevelopment) Act 1971; Mah. 42 of 2025; Section 13(2) developer termination; Article 21 right to shelter; 15-day complaint disposal; arrears of land revenue recovery; illegal occupants; permanent alternate tenements; Vijay N. Gujar W.P.(L) 32632/2025 paras 8-10; compensatory costs; attachment of free-sale component; affidavit; adjourned to 23 December 2025; Bombay High Court OOCJ writ petitions 3140/2019, 2281/2021, 7145/2022, CP 48/2021, WP 2485/2018 lineage.
What did the court decide?
Interim directions issued (Special Cells; 15+15 day disposal timelines; tabular statement of categorized petitions; circular freezing part of free-sale component; stern action including attachment of free-sale component against repeat-defaulting developers; Special Cell for tenement-possession grievances) and proceedings adjourned to 23rd December 2025 at 11 a.m., with position to be clarified on affidavit on the adjourned date.