JAIGOPAL NAGRAJAN vs VASUDEV MARIWALA AND ANR

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KVM 1/19 WP 502 OF 2011.doc Digitally signed by KANCHAN KANCHAN VINOD IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY MAYEKAR VINOD Date: MAYEKAR 2026.06.08 16:52:00 +0530 CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 502 OF 2011 Lt. Col. Retd. Jaigopal Nagarajan ) Age – 62 years, Occ : Retd. Army ) st Officer, R/at, M76/3, 1 Main Road, ) Besant Nagar, Chennai 600 090 ) ….. Petitioner Versus 1. Mrs. Vasudev Mariwala, ) Age 78 years, Occ : Business, ) (Since deceased) ) 1A) Miss Namrata Vasudev Mariwala) Daughter, Age : 15 years, ) Occu. : Education ) 1B) Miss Latika Vasudev Mariwala, ) Daughter, Age : 12 years, ) Occu.: Education both minor duly ) represented through their mother ) and natural guardian ) Mrs. Laxmi Vasudev Mariwala, i.e. ) Respondent No.2 hereinabove having) their address same as of ) Respondent No.2 ) ….. Proposed Respondents 2. Mrs. Vasudev Mariwala ) Age 36 years, Occ. : Housewife, ) Both R/at. Flat No.15, 4th Floor, ) Grafiken Paradise, Phase II, ) Off : N.I.B.M. Road, Kondhwa ) ….. Respondents KVM 2/19 WP 502 OF 2011.doc Adv. J. S. Sarkhot i/b. Adv. Megha Kulkarni for the Petitioner. Adv. V. B. Tapkir for the Respondents. Senior Advocate Mr.Girish Godbole, Amicus Curiae, assisted by Adv. Kaustubh Thipsay. CORAM : RAJESH S. PATIL, J. RESERVED ON : 28 APRIL, 2026 PRONOUNCED ON : 8 JUNE, 2026 JUDGMENT : 1) The narrow controversy involved in the present petition has been noted in the order dated 9 January, 2026, “Whether the Revisional Authority u/S. 44 of the Maharashtra Rent Control Act, 1999, has power to condone the delay if the revision is filed beyond a period of 90 days?” 2) The Petitioner is a retired Army officer, who had filed eviction proceedings in the year 2008 against the Respondent before the “Competent Authority,” being Application No. 32 of