Damji Shamji Realty Pvt Ltd And ANR v. Municipal Corporation Of The City Of Thane Throu. Municipal Commissioner And ORS

Digitally signed by GAURI AMIT GAEKWAD Date:

2025.09.25 10:56:17 +0530 GAURI AMIT GAEKWAD 937.WP-11698-2025.odt

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.11698 OF 2025 Damji Shamji Realty Pvt. Ltd. & Anr.

....Petitioners

Versus

Municipal Corporation of the City of Thane and Ors.

....Respondents ---- Mr. Mustafa Nulwalla a/w. Mr. Samit Shukla, Ms. Saloni Shah and Mr. Anuj Savla i/b. Trilegal for the Petitioners. Mr. Mandar Limaye a/w. Ms. Shamika Oak for Respondent Nos.1 to 3.

Mr. Kedar B. Dighe, Addl. GP a/w. Mr. A.R. Deolekar, AGP for the Respondent - State.

---- CORAM : RAVINDRA V. GHUGE & ASHWIN D. BHOBE, JJ.

DATE : 23rd SEPTEMBER, 2025 P.C. :- 1.

The Petitioners have put forth prayer clause (a), as under :

(a) that this Hon'ble Court may be pleased to issue a writ of mandamus, a writ in the nature of mandamus or such other appropriate writ, order or directing the TMC to process the Petitioners application dated 13 February 2025 for grant of development permissions strictly in accordance with the terms of the Accommodation Reservation Policy under Regulation 11(1) of the 2020 UDCPR being completely uninfluenced by any queries raised into or inquiries into the Resolution No.1434 dated 21st November 2017 i.e., the BuyBack Policy. Gauri Gaekwad

937.WP-11698-2025.odt 2.

The learned Advocate representing the Municipal Corporation submits, on instructions, that the said application would be considered strictly in accordance with the rules, the Accommodation Reservation Policy and the Regulations under the 2020 UDCPR, within a period of eight weeks.

3.

In view of the above, we direct that the said application would be considered on its own merits and shall be decided on or before 30th November, 2025.

4.

With the above direction, this Petition is disposed off. (ASHWIN D. BHOBE, J.) (RAVINDRA V. GHUGE, J.) Gauri Gaekwad