Prachi Prashant Raghav v. the Union of India and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Bombay High Court division bench; decided 17-09-2025; 2025:BHC-AS:41777-DB; batch writ petitions 2023–2024 incl. WP 14789/2023 (Nisha Chanika Prasad Patel) and WP 12197/2023 (Ganesh Bhikaji Chavan) v. Union of India & Ors; respondent No.2 Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation (DFCCIL); Survey No.23, Village Bhopar, Taluka Kalyan, District Thane; rooms/tenements/chawls constructed 2012–2019; land acquisition award dated 19 March 2013; impugned notice 21/08/2023 (No. K.D./Te-2/Bhusampadan/DFCCIL/Ka.V.1110/23) by Sub Divisional Officer, Kalyan; demolition on 4 October 2023 with police machinery; prayers challenging vacation notices infructuous; liberty to claim compensation before Designated Officer within six weeks; interim applications for amendment disposed; writ of Certiorari and Mandamus sought; no costs; Senior Counsel Mr. V. A. Gangal for petitioners.
What did the court decide?
Petitions disposed of with liberty to the petitioners to make appropriate applications for compensation before the Designated Officer (within six weeks), such applications to be decided in accordance with law and all contentions kept open; interim applications likewise disposed of; no costs.