SCA/9037/2023

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NEUTRAL CITATION C/SCA/9037/2023 CAV JUDGMENT DATED: 29/06/2026 2026:GUJHC:39086 Reserved On : 08/05/2026 Pronounced On : 29/06/2026 IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD R/SPECIAL CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 9037 of 2023 FOR APPROVAL AND SIGNATURE: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE NIRAL R. MEHTA ========================================================== Approved for Reporting Yes No  ========================================================== AJAYKUMAR BABULAL GEHLOT Versus STATE OF GUJARAT & ORS. ========================================================== Appearance: MR HET N SHAH(11211) for the Petitioner(s) No. 1 MR SP MAJMUDAR(3456) for the Petitioner(s) No. 1 MR. SAHIL B. TRIVEDI, AGP, ADVANCE COPY SERVED TO GOVERNMENT PLEADER/PP for the Respondent(s) No. 1 MR MEHUL H RATHOD(701) for the Respondent(s) No. 3 NOTICE SERVED BY DS for the Respondent(s) No. 1,2 ========================================================== CORAM:HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE NIRAL R. MEHTA CAV JUDGMENT 1. By way of the present petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner has invoked the extraordinary jurisdiction of this Court seeking issuance of a Page 1 of 49 Uploaded by () on Downloaded on : Tue Jun 30 21:26:25 IST 2026 NEUTRAL CITATION C/SCA/9037/2023 CAV JUDGMENT DATED: 29/06/2026 2026:GUJHC:39086 writ of mandamus, or any other appropriate writ, order or direction in the nature thereof, declaring that the reservation of the Development Plan (DP) Road over the land in question has lapsed by operation of Section 20 of the Gujarat Town Planning and Urban Development Act, 1976. 2. The facts giving rise to the present petition, as pleaded by the petitioner, may briefly be stated thus: 2.1. The petitioner claims to be the owner and occupier of land bearing Survey Nos.41 and 42/P4, ad