Sushma Ravindra Mhatre v. the Commissioner Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai
Case brief
What is this about?
Bombay HC OOCJ WP 2352/2024 (Gadkari & Khata JJ., 12.03.2025): Article 226 challenge by Sushma Ravindra Mhatre to BMC letter/order dated 27.09.2022 (Exh. G) and eviction notice dated 17.01.2023 (Exh. H); notice addressed to Smt. Asha Sunil Kamble, petitioner claiming successor-in-title; structures at CTS Nos. 782-785, Chembur already demolished on 31.01.2023 and 01.02.2023 per affidavit of Asst. Commissioner M West Ward (demolition report dt. 14.02.2023, p.69); petition held infructuous and disposed. Keywords: eviction notice, demolition, infructuous petition, BMC, successor in title, Article 226.
What did the court decide?
As the impugned Orders had been acted upon and the structures on land bearing CTS No. 782 to 785 at Chembur were already demolished on 31st January 2023 and 1st February 2023, the Petition has become infructuous and is accordingly disposed off.