The Union of India , Ministry of law and justice , Department of law affairs vs MaheshKumar G Garodia

2021. Dr. Milind Sathe, Advocate General with Ms. Jyoti Chavan, Additional Government Pleader and Mr. Himanshu Takke, AGP for Respondent Nos. 1 & 2-State. Dr. Milind Sathe, Advocate General with Mr. Saket Mone, Mr. Subit Chakrabarti, Mr. Raghav Taneja & Ms. Aashka Vora i/b. Vidhi Partners, Advocates for Respondent No. 3- MMRDA. Mr. Anil C. Singh, Additional Solicitor General with Mr. R. V. Govilkar, Senior Advocate, Mr. Rui Rodrigues, Mr. Aditya Thakkar, Mr. D. P. Singh, Mr. Adarsh Vyas, Mr. Gauraj Shah, Mr. Krish Kant, Mr. Rajdatt Nagre & Mr. Ranjeet Kumar, Advocates for Respondent Nos. 5 to 7-UoI. CORAM : SHREE CHANDRASHEKHAR, CJ & GAUTAM A. ANKHAD, J. Reserved on : 10th December 2025 Pronounced on : 13th February 2026 JUDGMENT Per, Shree Chandrashekhar, CJ :- In Writ Petition No.5362 of 2024, the petitioner seeks to challenge the order dated 17th April 2023 passed by the Collector, Mumbai Suburban District who is an officer appointed by the State of Maharashtra to be in charge of the revenue administration of the Mumbai Suburban District. The petitioner challenges the order dated 17th April 2023 as arbitrary, illegal and capricious and a replica of the order dated 1 st October 2