1 srk wp-L-2153-10.sxw IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION (LODGING) NO.2153 OF 2010 Shri Alaknarayan Jaymangal Dube ... Petitioner Versus The Slum Rehabilitation Authority and another. ... Respondents Mr. Abhijeet Rane for the petitioner. Mr. Bharat Mehta, Assistant Government Pleader for State. Mr. D.A. Nalawade, for SRA. CORAM : MOHIT S. SHAH, C.J. & DR. D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, J. Tuesday, October 19, 2010 P .C. The grievance in this petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India is against the respondent-authorities in not considering the petitioner's representation dated 10 December 2005 at Exhibit `F' to the petition 2. The petitioner has also prayed for direction to the respondents not to demolish the premises described in prayer clause (b) i.e. premises situated at C.S. No.2695 of village Dahisar, Taluka Borivali, Mumbai Suburban district. 3. Having heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. D.A. Nalawade, learned counsel for the respondent-SRA, we dispose of this petition with a direction that the Deputy Collector (E.N.C. Removal) and Competent Authority, Rustomji Complex Basement Hall, Mumbai Mahanagar Palika Marg, Dahisar (West), Mumbai-400 068, shall consider the petitioner's representation dated 10 December 2005 at Exhibit `F' to the petition and decide 2 srk wp-L-2153-10.sxw the same after giving the petitioner an opportunity of personal hearing, within four weeks from today. It is also directed that the Deputy Collector shall, at the same time, give similar opportunity of hearing to the concerned Co-operative Society and the developer before taking any final decision in the matter. 4. As the petitioner's representation is pending since December 2005, we direct that till the Deputy Collector takes any decision on the representation, the premises in question shall not be demolished. Petition is, accordingly, disposed of. CHIEF JUSTICE DR. D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, J.