Vilas Dhondu Chavan v. State of Maharashtra through the Office of Government Pleader, Original Side Writ Cell
Case brief
What is this about?
Transit rent default; Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA); Special Cells; Circular Nos. 230-233 dated 22-12-2025; Section 33B / Section 33(B) Maharashtra Slum Areas (Improvement, Clearance and Redevelopment) Act, 1971 (Mah. 42 of 2025); Section 13(2) termination of developer; sections 3(E) and 33 Slum Act eviction; Regulation 33(10) DCPR 2034; permanent alternate accommodation (PAA/PAP/PTC); Annexure-II eligibility; illegal occupation of rehabilitation tenements; freezing of free-sale component; Letter of Intent condition; stop-work notice; recovery as arrears of land revenue; Article 21 right to shelter; Article 226; Vijay Namdeo Gujar v. State of Maharashtra, WPL 32632/2025; Mediation Act, 2023; Bombay High Court; G. S. Kulkarni J.; Aarti Sathe J.
What did the court decide?
Proceedings disposed without deciding individual merits: petitioners/parties at liberty to approach the respective SRA special cells with grievance applications by 15 January 2026 covering all grievances raised; prior physical/permissible-mode service on opponents with affidavit of service annexing the service letter, registration number, opponent memo of appearance, and website-notified hearings; time-bound disposal (ordinarily 15 days, extendable 15-30 days for recorded reasons); PAA-deprivation matters to be handled with utmost expedition; transit rent and interest determined per SRA policy (Vijay Namdeo Gujar, WPL 32632/2025); special-cell orders deemed SRA orders, with CEO-concurred drastic orders permissible on non-cooperation; aggrieved parties may seek statutory remedies; general committee (with MHADA/Municipal Corporation nominees) for Annexure-II eligibility and allied disputes; all contentions kept open before the Special Cells; No costs.