Bilal Anwar Jamal Khan vs State of Maharashtra and Ors. — Bombay HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

Bilal Anwar Jamal Khan vs State of Maharashtra and Ors. — Bombay HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Petitioner to attend, and Developer permitted to attend with a copy of the order, the meeting of the Committee under the Chairmanship of the Deputy Chief Officer on 18th March 2026 at 11.00 a.m.; Deputy Chief Officer to look into the petitioners' grievance (representation dated 2nd July 2024) and take the necessary decision expeditiously, in any case within 6 weeks from that date; all contentions kept open.

Issue for consideration

Whether MHADA / the Deputy Chief Officer would look into the petitioners' representation dated 2nd July 2024 concerning the dispute pending since 2020 and take it to its logical conclusion expeditiously.

Court's answer

The Court directed the petitioner to remain present before the Committee appointed under the Chairmanship of the Deputy Chief Officer on 18th March 2026 at 11.00 a.m., and that the Developer might also remain present along with a copy of the order.

Ratio / Principle

The Deputy Chief Officer was requested to look into the grievance of the petitioner and take the necessary decision thereafter expeditiously, in any case within a period of 6 weeks from that date.

Key takeaways

Keeping all contentions open, the Court disposed of the writ petition.ratio¶¶18

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Bombay High Court (Ordinary Original Civil Jurisdiction), Writ Petition (L) No. 31011 of 2025, Bilal Anwar Jamal Khan & Anr. v. State of Maharashtra & Ors., decided 11th March 2026 (M.S. Karnik & S.M. Modak, JJ.). The petitioners had a dispute pending since the year 2020, the details whereof were set out in their representation dated 2nd July 2024; they sought that MHADA look into the representation and take it to its logical conclusion expeditiously. The Court directed the petitioner to remain present before the Committee appointed under the Chairmanship of the Deputy Chief Officer on 18th March 2026 at 11.00 a.m., permitted the Developer (respondent Nos. 5 and 6) also to remain present with a copy of the order, and requested the Deputy Chief Officer to look into the grievance and take the necessary decision expeditiously, in any case within 6 weeks from that date. Keeping all contentions open, the writ petition was disposed of. (Order noted as modified vide order dated 24th March 2026.)

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION

Writ Petition (L) No. 31011 of 2025

Bilal Anwar Jamal Khan & Anr. … Petitioners V/s. State of Maharashtra And Ors … Respondents.

Mr. Yusuf Khan for Petitioners.

Ms. Sheetal Malvankar, AGP for Respondent-State. Mr. P. G. Lad a/w Ms. Sayali Apte for Respondent-MHADA. Ms. Rutuja Patil i/b Negandhi Shah & Himayatullah for Respondent Nos. 5 & 6.

CORAM : M.S. KARNIK & S.M. MODAK, JJ.

DATE : 11^th March 2026.

P.C. :

Digitally signed byLATA LATA SUNIL SUNIL PANJWANI PANJWANI Date: 2026.03.25 17:32:06 +0530

Heard Mr. Khan, learned counsel for the petitioners, Mr. Lad, learned counsel appearing for MHADA and Ms. Patil, learned counsel appearing for respondent Nos.5 and 6 - Developer.

Learned counsel for respondent Nos.5 and 6 submits that copy of the petition has not been served, however, that may not be necessary in view of the limited relief that is prayed for by the petitioner. The learned counsel for the petitioner submits that there

Modified vide order dated 24^th March 2026

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is a dispute pending since the year 2020 the details of which are set out in the representation dated 2^nd July 2024. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that if the representation dated 2^nd July 2024 is looked into by the MHADA and the same can be taken to its logical conclusion expeditiously.

Accordingly, the petitioner to remain present before the Committee appointed under the Chairmanship of Deputy Chief Officer on 18^th March 2026 at 11.00 a.m. The Developer may also remain present along with copy of this order. The Dy. Chief Officer is requested to look into the grievance of the petitioner and take necessary decision thereafter expeditiously in any case within a period of 6 weeks from that date.

Keeping all the contentions open, the writ petition is disposed of.

(S.M.MODAK,J.) (M.S.KARNIK, J.)

Modified vide order dated 24^th March 2026