Eruvuru Malyadri v. The Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation
Case brief
What is this about?
The High Court dismissed three Writ Petitions seeking extended leases for immovable properties belonging to municipal corporations. Relying on a prior Court decision that Sections 6(3) and 7(1) of the 1981 Act and Sections 124 and 148 of the HMC Act are unambiguous, the Court held that lessees cannot claim a right to extend leases for three-year periods totaling 25 years. The Petitions were dismis
What did the court decide?
Lease extensions based on periodic 3-year renewals totaling 25 years were denied; petitioners permitted to participate in future auctions.