Geetanjali Co-Operative Housing Society Limited v. the State of Maharashtra

Bombay HC8 Dec 2025WP/4674/2025

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What is this about?

Geetanjali Co-Operative Housing Society; State of Maharashtra; BMC / Municipal Corporation; Urban Development Department; pending representation dated 22-09-2025; guidance to Commissioner; reasoned order within 45 days; communication within 24 hours; disposal of writ petition; Writ Petition No. 4674 of 2025; Bombay High Court; bench of Ravindra V. Ghuge and Ashwin D. Bhobe, JJ.; decided 8th December, 2025.

What did the court decide?

Petition disposed of with directions: (i) the Urban Development Department to offer its guidance to the Commissioner within 45 days; (ii) Respondent No.3/Competent Authority thereafter to follow due procedure and pass a reasoned order on the Petitioners' representation within 45 days; and (iii) the decision/order to be communicated to the Petitioners within 24 hours of passing. ¶¶22

Geetanjali Co-Operative Housing Society Limited vs the State of Maharashtra — Bombay HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

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Outcome

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Issue for consideration

Whether, on the Petitioners' representation dated 22nd September, 2025 pending with Respondent No.3, the Urban Development Department should tender guidance and the Competent Authority should decide the representation by passing a reasoned order in accordance with law.

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Court's answer

The Urban Development Department (Respondent No.1) was directed to offer its guidance to the Commissioner within a period of 45 days from the date of the order.

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Ratio / Principle

Thereafter, Respondent No.3 or the Competent Authority, as the case may be, was directed to follow the due procedure laid down in law and pass a reasoned order on the Petitioners' representation within 45 days.

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Key takeaways

The decision/order passed on the representation was directed to be communicated to the Petitioners within 24 hours of its passing, on the email address(es) recorded in the judgment.ratio¶¶20
With the above directions, the Petition was disposed of.ratio¶¶22

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Bombay High Court (OOCJ) disposed of a writ petition filed by Geetanjali Co-Operative Housing Society Limited & Anr. against the State of Maharashtra & Ors., concerning the Petitioners' representation dated 22nd September, 2025 pending with Respondent No.3. Recording that the Municipal Corporation had sought guidance from Respondent No.1 (Urban Development Department), the Court directed the Urban Development Department to convey its guidance to the Commissioner within 45 days, and thereafter directed Respondent No.3 or the Competent Authority to follow the due procedure laid down in law and pass a reasoned order on the representation within 45 days, such decision/order to be communicated to the Petitioners within 24 hours of its passing on the email address noted in the judgment. With these directions, the Petition was disposed of.

Geetanjali Co-Operative Housing Society Limited v. the State of Maharashtra

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