Peninsula Land Ltd v. Honorable Revenue Minister And ORS

SNEHA ABHAY DIXIT

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

by SNEHA ABHAY DIXIT Date: 2025.01.13 19:19:26 +0530 CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.18850 OF 2024 Peninsula Land Ltd., Mumbai .. Petitioner Vs.

Hon'ble Revenue Minister, Government of Maharashtra and Ors.

.. Respondents Mr. Archit Jayakar with Ms. Pooja Yadav and Ms. Vinisha Bhavnani, Advocates, i/by Jayakar & Partners, for the Petitioner. Mr. N.C. Walimbe, Additional Government Pleader with Mr. S.H. Kankal, Assistant Government Pleader for the Respondent-State of Maharashtra. CORAM : A.S. CHANDURKAR & M.M. SATHAYE, JJ DATE : 13TH JANUARY 2025.

P.C. :

1.

The only prayer made in the writ petition is for a direction to be issued to the State Government through its Department of Revenue and Forest to decide the proceedings filed by the petitioner on 2nd January 2024. In the said proceedings the petitioner has raised a challenge to the order dated 13th February 2023 passed by the Additional Commissioner, Konkan Division.

2.

The learned Additional Government Pleader, on instructions, submits that the next date of the proceedings before the State Government is 16th January 2025.

3.

In view of the aforesaid, the following directions would serve the ends of justice :- (a) The State Government shall consider the petitioner's prayer for grant of interim relief on the next date of the proceedings which is 16th January 2025.

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(b) The said application be decided within a period of four weeks from that date after hearing all parties and in accordance with law.

(c) Any party aggrieved by an order passed on the said application is free to take appropriate legal recourse in accordance with law.

4.

Keeping all points on merits open, the writ petition is disposed of with aforesaid directions.

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