Rajesh Ashok Devlekar v. Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai, through Its Commissioner
Case brief
What is this about?
Redevelopment approval challenged before Bombay HC OOCJ; BMC/Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai approval to Respondent No.2 alleged surreptitious/opaque; lawyer's legal notice not an aggrieved-party representation; tenant claims scrutiny and verification of documents/consent from 25-09-2025; stakeholder representations within 7 days by 26-09-2025 with preclusion of late filers; hearing by Appropriate Officer from 01-10-2025 at 11.30 a.m.; hearing completion by 08-10-2025; reasoned order by Corporation on or before 18-10-2025 pronounced to all parties; bar on disclosing decision or formalizing claims until grievances addressed; Crestline Developer LLP intervention application; writ petition disposed.
What did the court decide?
Writ Petition and Intervention Application disposed on recorded undertakings and directions: stakeholders to file representations within 7 days (by 26th September 2025), late filers precluded; Appropriate Officer of Respondent No.1 to hear all stakeholders from 1st October 2025 at 11.30 a.m., complete hearings by 8th October 2025 and pass a reasoned order on or before 18th October 2025, pronounced to all parties; Corporation not to disclose its decision on the tenant-claims/documents-consent verification (beginning 25th September 2025) nor formalize any person's claims until grievances in the representations are dealt with.