ANDHERI PMGP COLONY CO OPERATIVE HOUSING SOCIETIES ASSOCIATION LIMITED vs STATE OF MAHARASHTRA

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Digitally signed by PRASHANT PRASHANT VILAS RANE VILAS RANE Date: 2026.01.28 WPL-19246-25RESERVED.DOC 19:20:03 +0530 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION (L)NO. 19246 OF 2025 Andheri P.M.G.P. Colony Co-op.Hsg. Societies Association Ltd. ...Petitioners VS 1. State of Maharashtzra. 2. Mumbai Housing and Area Development Board 3. Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority, 4. Shreepati Real Ventures Pvt. Ltd. 5. B. G. Shirke Construction Techno Pvt. Ltd. ...Respondents __________ Mr. Anil Sakhare, Senior Advocate with Mr. Chaitanya R. Kulkarni with Mr. Hrutik Chavan and Ms. Sneha Tewari i/b. Mr. Chaitanya R. Kulkarni, for Petitioners. Mr. P.G. Lad with Ms. Sayali Apte, for the MHADA. Ms. P. H. Kantharia, Govt. Pleader with Mr. Akshay Patakar, AGP for the State. Mr. Abhijeet Joshi with Mr. Onkar Joshi, for Respondent No4.. Mr. Kunal Mehta with Mr. Madhur Surana, Ms. Prangana Barua, Ms. Vyoma Joshi i/b. Crawford Bayley & Co., for Respondent No.5. __________ CORAM: G. S. KULKARNI & AARTI SATHE, JJ. RESERVED ON : 22 JANUARY 2026. PRONOUNCED ON : 28 JANUARY 2026 JUDGMENT (Per G. S. Kulkarni, J.). 1. Rule returnable forthwith. Respondents waive service. By consent of the parties, heard finally. 2. This petition concerns subject matter of the redevelopment of 17 buildings belonging to the Maharashtra Housing Area Development Authority (for short, “the MHADA”). In respect of such redevelopment, the Housing Department of the Government of Maharashtra issued a communication dated Page 1 of 27 28 January 2026 P. V. Rane WPL-19246-25RESERVED.DOC 28 May 2025 inter alia permitting redevelopment of the said 17 buildings, subject to a condition that each of the co-operative societies of the said 17 buildings shall pass a reso