1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 1080 OF 2007 ALONG WITH WRIT PETITION NO.307 OF 2008 WRIT PETITION NO.1080 OF 2007 1) Shardaben Jashbhai Patel ) Aged 69 of Bombay, Indian ) Inhabitant, residing at 10, Jawahar ) Nagar, S.V. Road, Goregaon (West) ) Mumbai 400 062 ) 2) Jashbhai Somabhai Patel ) Aged 73 of Bombay, Indian ) Inhabitant, residing at 10, Jawahar ) Nagar, S.V. Road,Goregaon (West) ) Mumbai 400 062 )... Petitioners VERSUS 1) State of Maharashtra ) through its Secretary to the Ministry ) of Urban Development Department ) having office at Mantralaya ) Mumbai 400 032 ) 2) The Collector of Mumbai ) having office at Old Custom House ) Ballard Estate, Mumbai 400 023 ) 2 3) The Director of Town Planning ) Maharashtra State, through the ) Secretary, Urban Development ) Department, Mumbai, Mantralaya ) Mumbai 400 032. ) 4) The Municipal Corporation of ) Greater Mumbai, having his office ) at 1, Mahapalika Marg, ) Mumbai 400 001. )... Respondents Ms. A.H. Cheda with Ms. Preeti Shah for the Petitioners. Mr. K.R. Belosey, AGP, for Respondent Nos.1 to 3. Ms. S.M. Module for Respondent No.4. ALONG WITH WRIT PETITION NO.307 OF 2008 1) Joana Angelo Gowria ) 2) Margaret Angelo Gowria ) 3) Philomena Angelo Gowria ) 4) Catherine Angelo Gowria ) 5) Paul Francis Almeida ) 6) Noreen Paul Almeida ) 7) Dennis Paul Almeida ) all adults, Indian Inhabitants of ) Mumbai, residing at Quitar Building ) 94, Old Police Station Road ) Vile Parle (West), Mumbai 400 056. ) 3 8) Rajendra Pundlikrao Godshalwar ) Sole Proprietor of Godshalwar Project) Consultants & Developers, having ) his address at 001, Shree Apartment ) Dr. M.B. Raut Road, Shivaji Park ) Mumbai 400 028. )... Petitioners VERSUS 1) Municipal Corporation of Greater ) Mumbai, a statutory Corporation ) constituted under the Bombay ) Municipal Corporation Act, 1888 ) having its address as Mahapalika ) Marg, Opp. C. S. T., Mumbai 400 001) 2) The Municipal Commissioner ) of Mumbai, having his office at ) Mahapalika Marg, Opp. C. S. T. ) Mumbai 400 001. ) 3) The Special Land Acquisition Officer ) VII, Mumbai Suburban District ) having office at “Bhusampadan ) Bhavan”, 2nd Floor, Saibaba Road ) Bharatmata Cinema Naka, Lalbaug ) Mumbai 400 012. ) 4) The Collector, Mumbai Suburban ) District, having his office at 10th ) Floor, New Administrative Building ) 4 Bandra (East), Mumbai 400 051 ) 5) State of Maharashtra ) through the Department of Urban ) Development Department, having ) its address at Mantralaya, ) Mumbai 400 032. )... Respondents Mr. Sunil Kadam i/b. Kadam & Co. for the Petitioners. Mr. N.A. Shaikh for Respondent Nos.1 and 2. Mr. G.W. Mattos, AGP, for Respondent No.3. CORAM : SWATANTER KUMAR, C.J. & V.M. KANADE, J. Judgment reserved on : 9th April, 2008 Judgment pronounced on : 12th June, 2008 JUDGMENT (Per Swatanter Kumar, C.J.) 1. Both the above Writ Petitions are allowed and disposed of in view of the Judgment passed in Writ Petition No.1067 of 2007 along with Writ Petition No.2108 of 2007. The Respondents are directed to deal with the applications filed by the Petitioners with the Corporation in accordance with law. In the facts of the case, there shall be no order as to costs. 5 CHIEF JUSTICE V.M. KANADE, J.