Rajesh K Raut and Ors. v. Vasai Virar City Municipal Corporation and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Stop-work notice; withdrawal of notice and fresh show-cause notice; no prior notice of hearing; natural justice; Western Railway; Vasai Virar City Municipal Corporation; Divisional Engineer (Estate/North), Mumbai Central; reasoned order within six weeks; written submissions; Development Control Regulations for Greater Bombay 1991 applicability kept open; construction at Petitioners' own risk; writ petition disposed on recorded statements; Bombay High Court, Civil Appellate Jurisdiction; WP No.5269 of 2025; Rajesh K. Raut v. Vasai Virar City Municipal Corporation; Ghuge & Mantri JJ.; 7 January 2026.
What did the court decide?
Withdrawal of the impugned stop-work notice and the consequential Municipal Corporation orders; fresh notice with opportunity to show cause and tender written submissions; reasoned order by the concerned Respondent within at least six weeks; all Petitioners' contentions (including non-applicability of the DCR for Greater Bombay, 1991) kept open; any further construction at the Petitioners' own risk subject to the fresh notice/hearing/final-order exercise.