Bombay HC dismisses the order set by appellate authority as the same person rejected the developer’s application for reconstruction

January 3, 2024by Primelegal Team0

TITLE : S.K Realty v State of Maharashtra

CORAM : Hon’ble Justice Milind N Jadhav

DATE :  2nd January 2024

CITATION : WP No 13458 of 2023

FACTS

The writ petition was filed under Article 226 and 227 of the Constitution challenging the order passed by the Appellate authority. The order from the lower authority was that the plots should be treated as separate units to be certified as tenants and grant revised NOC for redevelopment of the property. The order was alleged to have seriously breached the principles of natural justice.

LAWS INVOLVED

The schedule 3 of the MAHADA, 1976 states the scale showing the percentage of built up area to be reserved by the co-operative society for allotment by the board for building reconstructed for residential purposes and commercial purposes

ISSUES

  1. Whether the order passed by the appellate authority valid?

JUDGEMENT

It was found that the authority who passed the order was the same authority who was the vice president and chief executive officer who has rejected the application proposal for eligibility of the developer. The order was set aside on the ground that the authority had prior interest in the developer property.

The court took cognizance of 3rd schedule of the Maharashtra and Area Development Act, 1976 to review the eligibility of allotment of tenants.

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Written by- Sanjana Ravichandran

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