ANIRUDDH NIKHIL MAKHECHA vs JOINT CHARITY COMMISIONER-2, MUMBAI AND ORS

29-wp1915-2025-F.doc VRJ IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.1915 OF 2025 7. Mr. Atul Damle, Senior Advocate with Jaideep Singh Khattar and Janhavi Kalpesh Pise i/by the Fort Circle Advocates & Solicitors for respondent No.8. CORAM : AMIT BORKAR, J. DATED : MARCH 7, 2025 JUDGMENT.: 1. The petitioner, invoking the supervisory jurisdiction of this Court under Article 227 of the Constitution of India, has approached this Court assailing the legality and propriety of the order dated 8th July 2024 passed by the Joint Charity Commissioner-2, Maharashtra State, Mumbai, in Application 2 29-wp1915-2025-F.doc No.51 of 2024. By the said order, respondent No.2-Trust has been granted permission to alienate and dispose of the properties delineated in the application. 2. The factual matrix leading to the institution of the present writ petition unfolds as follows: 3. Respondent No.2-Trust, a charitable entity, stands registered under the provisions of the Maharashtra Public Trusts Act, 1950 (hereinafter referred to as "the Act, 1950") pursuant to a Trust Deed dated 21st January 1958, with its registration completed in the year 1961. The primary