BABUBHAI SHANKARLAL MEHTA AND ORS vs STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THRU CHIEF SECRETARY, URBAN DEVELOPMENT DEPT. AND ORS

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Osk J-WP-10618-2022.doc IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL WRIT PETITION NO. 10618 OF 2022 1. Babubhai Shankarlal Mehta ] Age : 65 yrs., Occ. : Business ] 2. Giridharilal Shankarlal Mehta ] Age : 68 yrs., Occ. : Business ] 3. Gulabidevi Babubhai Mehta ] Age : 61 yrs., Occ. : Housewife ] 4. Nandadevi Mahavirkumar Mehta ] Age : 55 yrs., Occ. : Housewife ] 5. Mehulkumar Khateshi Savla ] Age : 65 yrs., Occ. : Business ] 6. Vimaladevi Ashokkumar Mehta ] Age : 57 yrs., Occ. : Housewife ] 7. Shaileshkumar Khateshi Savla ] Age : 61 yrs., Occ. : Business ] 8. Hulasidevi Giridharlal Mehta ] Age : 65 yrs., Occ. : Housewife ] All having address of 79, Nakoda ] Group Office, Jodbhavi Peth, ] Solapur – 413 001. ] … Petitioners V/s. 1. State of Maharashtra ] Through Chief Secretary, ] Urban Development Department, ] Mantralaya, Fort, Mumbai – 52. ] 1/15 Osk J-WP-10618-2022.doc 2. Solapur Municipal Corporation, ] Through its Commissioner ] Indra Bhuvan, Railway Lines, ] Solapur – 413 001. ] 3. The Assistant Director of Town Planning, ] 1st Floor, Above ICICI Bank, Park Chowk, ] Solapur – 413 001. ] ...Respondents _______________________________________ Mr. Pradeep Salgar for Petitioners. Mr. A.A. Alaspurkar, A.G.P. for Respondent Nos.1 & 3-State. Mr. Samir Kumbhakoni a/w. Ms. Anjali Shaw & Mr. Chaitanya Joshi for Respondent No.2. _______________________________________ CORAM : A. S. GADKARI AND KAMAL KHATA, JJ. RESERVED ON : 10th February 2025. PRONOUNCED ON : 24th February 2025. JUDGMENT ( Per : A. S. GADKARI, J.) :- 1) By this Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the Petitioners have prayed for writ of mandamus or any other writ or Order or direction in the nature of mandamus thereby declaring that the Reservation Nos. 11/