Keshavji Shamji Vira v. State Of Maharashtra
Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords: MHADA; Chief Officer MBR & R; mezzanine floor recognition/certification; Permanent Alternate Accommodation Agreement (PAAA); admitted rent; rent arrears; differential rent computation; without prejudice; writ petition disposed; contentions kept open. Parties: Keshavji Shamji Vira (petitioner); State of Maharashtra and ors.; MHADA (respondents 1 & 2); developer (respondent 4); BMC. Bench: M. S. Karnik & S. M. Modak, JJ.; dated 29 April 2026. Relevance: procedural directions routing mezzanine-floor certification and PAAA execution to MHADA's Chief Officer in a redevelopment/transit-rent dispute; no statutory provisions or precedents cited; no merits opinion expressed by the Court.
What did the court decide?
Petitioner permitted, without prejudice, to collect the rent admitted by respondent no. 4 (developer); to seek recognition/certification of the mezzanine floor from the Chief Officer, MBR & R, MHADA (application within 4 weeks; CO to decide within 4 weeks of receipt); PAAA agreement to be executed subject to the CO's order; admitted rent to be paid by the developer; differential amount open to a computation application before the CO; all contentions kept open.