Gajanan Chawl Rahivashi Seva Sangh v. the State of Maharashtra through Government Pleader
Case brief
What is this about?
Gajanan Chawl Rahivashi Seva Sangh v. State of Maharashtra & Ors., WRIT PETITION NO. 392 OF 2025, High Court of Judicature at Bombay (OOCJ), decided 07 January 2026 by G. S. Kulkarni & Aarti Sathe, JJ. Keywords: MHADA; SRA; Competent Authority; Chief Executive Officer; Chief Officer; eligibility decision; representation not received by SRA; disposal with direction; two-week window for application; three-month decision timeline; contentions kept open; no order as to costs; Municipal Corporation not a necessary party. Advocates: Virat Gupta, Bobby Dubey, Abhishek Upadhyay (petitioner); Jagdish Aradwad (Reddy) (Respondent No.3); Poonam Mital, AGP (State); Vishwanath Patil, Harshwardhan Karande, Akshay Naidu (Respondent SRA).
What did the court decide?
Direction to the Competent Authority (SRA): if the Petitioner makes an application for deciding its eligibility within two weeks, the Competent Authority shall decide it as expeditiously as possible and preferably within three months of the filing of the application; all contentions expressly kept open; no order as to costs.