Ashish Complex Building NO.9 Co-Operative Housing Society Ltd. v. Union of India through the Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change
Case brief
What is this about?
Bombay HC writ petition disposed; petitioner housing society (Ashish Complex Bldg No.9 CHS) sought layout/building-proposal approval from MCGM-BMC at Village Dahisar; BMC comment: layout partly affected by CRZ I A & CRZ II, cognizance before determining FSI per DCPR 2034; proposal not rejected, documents awaited; petitioner to seek requisite permissions from MCZMA (Maharashtra Coastal Zone Management Authority); Court directed MCZMA to decide any future application per CRZ Guidelines prevailing on date of application and per prevailing CRZ Notification; coram Bharati Dangre & Manjusha Deshpande JJ.; dated 1st April 2026.
What did the court decide?
Direction that any application made by the Petitioner to the MCZMA shall be considered in accordance with the prevailing CRZ Notification and decided by applying the CRZ Guidelines prevailing as on the date the application is made.