Rajesh Shivram Kerkar v. Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (Mhada)
Case brief
What is this about?
Bombay/Mumbai High Court writ petition (Ordinary Original Civil Jurisdiction), WP 1713/2025, interim order 15-04-2026, bench M.S. Karnik & S.M. Modak JJ. Petitioner: Rajesh Shivram Kerkar (adv. Jeetendra Ranawat); Respondents: MHADA and others (adv. P.G. Lad with Muralidharan Kalathil and Aparna Kalathil for respondent Nos.1 and 2). Search terms: MHADA flat allotment; 300 sq. feet entitlement; 380 sq. feet flat offered; excess area 80 sq. feet; additional charge Rs.16 lakhs / Rs.16 lacs; petitioner cannot afford; prima facie cannot be forced to pay; interim directions; undertaking to hand over excess area subject to further orders; Vice President respondent No.3 grievance; no third-party rights / alienation restraint; affidavit-in-reply three weeks; serious view if premises purposely withheld; next listing 12th June 2026. No statutes or cases cited in the judgment.
What did the court decide?
Interim/interlocutory directions only; petition not finally decided: petitioner to receive the 380 sq. feet flat with the excess 80 sq. feet to be handed over subject to further orders; respondent not to insist on Rs.16 lacs meanwhile if possession is given; Vice President of respondent No.3 to examine grievance and allot 300 sq. feet premises if available; petitioner restrained from alienation/third-party rights and bound to vacate if a 300 sq. feet flat is allotted; three weeks' time to respondents for affidavit-in-reply; petition listed for 12th June 2026.