BHANUDAS SITARAM KHUNTE vs GRIEVANCE REDRESSAL COMMITTEE AND ORS

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WP.6532.2024.doc Ajay IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.6532 OF 2024 Bhanudas Sitaram Khunte .. Petitioner Versus Grievance Redressal Committee and Ors. .. Respondents ....................  Mr. Prosper D'souza, Advocate for Petitioner.  Ms. Tanaya Goswami, Advocate Respondent Nos.1 and 3.  Ms. D.S. Deshmukh, AGP for Respondent No.2 - State ................... CORAM : MILIND N. JADHAV, J. RESERVED ON : AUGUST 14, 2025. PRONOUNCED ON : SEPTEMBER 10, 2025. JUDGEMENT: 1. By consent of parties Petition is taken up for final hearing. Petition challenges twin concurrent orders, dated 06.12.2017 passed by the First Appellate Authority – Respondent No.2 and dated 28.03.2019 passed by Second Appellate Authority – Respondent No.1 upholding determination of Petitioner as ineligible for grant of alternate accommodation in Annexure-2 document prepared by the Competent Authority on 30.05.20217. In short, Petitioner is declared as ineligible in Annexure-2 which he has challenged. 2. Mr. D’souza, learned Advocate on behalf of Petitioner would submit that Petitioner purchased Hut No.97 by Agreement dated 04.04.2000 from Narayan Dinkar More. He would submit that 1 of 8 WP.6532.2024.doc pursuant thereto Petitioner was issued Survey receipt No.1777345 dated 22.07.2000 appended at page No.34 Exhibit 'D' to the Petition and photo-pass of even date appended at page No.41 Exhibit 'E' collectively certifying that Petitioner was in occupation of the subject structure namely old Hut No.97 and new Hut No.248. He would submit that apart from above Petitioner submitted details of the electricity connection of the said hut which originally stood in the name of Sunita More from the year 1999 to 2005 and thereafter pursuant to transfer of electric