Sandeep Rajaram Gupta and Anr. v. State of Maharashtra and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Batch of 34 Bombay High Court writ petitions (lead WP 504/2026, Vivek Vallabh Patil v. State of Maharashtra; companions WP 580, 596, 722, 2096, 2847, 4139, 4141, 4145, 4146, 4573, 4738, 4740, 4742, 4744, 4745, 4781, 4800, 4807, 4808, 4811, 4812, 5081, 5814, 5815, 5816, 5818, 5819, 5821, 5822, 5823, 5824, 5826, 5828/2026) disposed on 29.04.2026 by Manish Pitale and Shreeram V. Shirsat, JJ. Keywords: demolition of shops/galas for road widening; non-payment of compensation; Bhiwandi Nizampur City Municipal Corporation; representations to Municipal Corporation; time-bound decision of representations; direction to decide representations in accordance with law within eight weeks; writ petitions disposed; pending applications disposed; State of Maharashtra Urban Development Department; no quantum awarded; no statute or precedent cited.
What did the court decide?
Direction to respondent No.2 – Municipal Corporation to decide the representations submitted by the petitioners in accordance with law within a period of eight weeks from the date of the order; pending applications, if any, also stood disposed of. No compensation amount was fixed and entitlement to compensation was not adjudicated.