CHETAN SAMAJIK PRATISHTHAN AND ANOTHER vs THE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF GR. MUMBAI AND 2 OTHERS

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Digitally signed by 10-IA6016-25-WP4225-24.DOC PRASHANT PRASHANT VILAS VILAS RANE RANE Date: 2026.02.05 21:06:11 +0530 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 4225 of 2024 AND INTERIM APPLICATION NO.6016 OF 2025 Chetan Samajik Pratishthan & Anr. ...Petitioners. VS The Municipal Corporation of Gr. Mumbai & Anr. ...Respondents And Suryoday Co-op. Housing Society ...Applicant __________ Mr. Pradeep Thorat with Mr. Ashish Gatagat with Shafi Shaikh and Mr. A.S. Shaikh, for Applicant. Ms. Pushpa Yadav, for Respondent-BMC. Mr. Jagdish Aradwad (Reddy), for Respondent No.3/SRA. Mr. Sanjeev B. Deore with Mr. Arman Ansari & Rutuja Gholap i/b. Suchita Pawar, for Respondent No.1/Orig. Petitioner. __________ CORAM: G. S. KULKARNI & AARTI SATHE, JJ. DATE: 3 February 2026. ORAL ORDER: (Per G. S. Kulkarni , J.) 1. In regard to an extraordinarily large slum rehabilitation at Buddha Nagar, Govandi, Mumbai which is on the municipal land, the petitioners have brought to the fore an important issue, namely, of total dereliction of the duties and obligations by the officers of the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM), as also the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (for short “SRA”), in failing to provide the basic sanitation facilities of toilet blocks, as also in not maintaining and repairing the existing toilet blocks, which are stated to be in dilapidated condition. Page 1 of 10 P. V. Rane 10-IA6016-25-WP4225-24.DOC 2. Learned Counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the slum in question is situated on a large area of land belonging to the MCGM admeasuring about 1,83,000 sq. meters, having more than 4000 residents, who are residing in the hutments constructed on the municipal land. Also, there are commercial structures set