Mrs. Bhagyashree Rane v. the Union of India and Ors.
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Bombay HC, Division Bench (G. S. Kulkarni & Aarti Sathe, JJ.), order dated 17 September 2025; neutral citation 2025:BHC-AS:41777-DB; batch of 64 writ petitions (including WP 14789/2023 Nisha Chanika Prasad Patel; WP 1969/2024 Gangaram Vithu Sawant; WP 12197/2023 Ganesh Bhikaji Chavan; WP 11967/2023 Monika Mohan Gavankar) versus the Union of India and others. Subject: challenge by occupants of tenements built 2012–2019 on Survey No.23, Village Bhopar, Tal. Kalyan, Dist. Thane, to notice dated 21/08/2023 (No. K.D./Te-2/Bhusampadan/DFCCIL/Ka.V.1110/23) of the Sub Divisional Officer, Kalyan, on land acquired under award dated 19/03/2013 for the Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation (DFCCIL); structures demolished 04/10/2023 rendering the challenge infructuous; petitions disposed with liberty to claim compensation before the Designated Officer, contentions kept open; interim applications for amendment disposed. Keywords: land acquisition, DFCCIL, demolition, chawls, possession notice, Certiorari, Mandamus, compensation, infructuous, Designated Officer.