CHANDRU MIRCHANDANI vs THE SETTLEMENT COMMISSIONER FOR COMPEN.POOL PROPERTY CUM CUSTODIAN OF EVACUEE PROPERTY .. AND ORS

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2025:BHC-AS:21725-DB WP-11331-2024.doc IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 11331 OF 2024 Chandru Mirchandani ...Petitioner Versus 1. The Settlement Commissioner For Compensation pool Property Cum Custodian Of Evacuee Property 2. Principal Secretary, Urban Development department, Mantralaya, Mumbai 400 001. 3. The Tahsildar, Village Khandala, Taluka Bhokardan, District Jalna 4. Managing Director & Vice-Chairman, CIDCO Bhavan, CBD Belapur, Navi Mumbai. 5. State of Maharashtra ...Respondents _______ Mr. Shriram S. Kulkarni with Mr. Prajnal M. Khatavkar with Mr. Sujay S. Palshikar with Mr. Gaurav Ugale with Mr. Monish Vig with Mr. Swapnil Mhatre, for the petitioner. Mr. A. I. Patel, Addl. Govt. Pleader with Mr. Manish M. Pabale, AGP for the State. _______ CORAM: G. S. KULKARNI & ADVAIT M. SETHNA, JJ. RESERVED ON : 3 April 2025 PRONOUNCED ON : 9 May 2025 ---- Judgment (Per G. S. Kulkarni, J.) 1. Rule returnable forthwith. By consent of the parties, heard finally. 2. The only prayer as made in this petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India is that the respondents be directed to allot land / plot to the petitioner under the provisions of the Displaced Persons (Rehabilitation and Compensation) Act, 1954 (for short ‘the Displaced Persons Act”), equivalent to Page 1 of 28 09 May 2025 P. V. Rane WP-11331-2024.doc the area of land allotted to the petitioner’s father in the year 1969, from the compensation pool, of the evacuee properties available with the Custodian. The substantive prayer as made in the petition is required to be noted which reads thus: “a. Be pleased to direct the Respondents to allot land/plot under the provisions of Displaced Person (rehabilitation and Compensation) Act, 1954 equivalent to