1 wpl1106.11.sxw ssm IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION (LODGING) NO. 1106 OF 2011 Meena Ramji Dabholkar .....Petitioner. Vs. Slum Rehabilitation Authority & Ors. ......Respondents. Mr. P.J. Thorat for the Petitioner. Mr. J.G. Reddy for Respondent No.1. CORAM : DR. D.Y. CHANDRACHUD AND ANOOP V. MOHTA, JJ. DATE : JUNE 15, 2011 P.C.: An order has been passed by the Slum Rehabilitation Authority on 12 January 2011, holding that the Petitioner is not entitled to the allotment of a tenement in a Slum Rehabilitation Scheme on the ground that her husband has already been held to be eligible and only one tenement can be allotted for each family. The grievance of the Petitioner is that the impugned order was passed without furnishing to the Petitioner an opportunity of being heard. In view of this grievance, we set aside the impugned order of 12 January 2011 and direct that a fresh order shall be passed by the Slum Rehabilitation 2 wpl1106.11.sxw ssm Authority after furnishing to the Petitioner an opportunity of being heard. We have not expressed any opinion on the merits of the entitlement of the Petitioner and set aside the impugned order only on account of a violation of the principles of natural justice. The Petitioner shall appear before the Secretary of the Slum Rehabilitation Authority on 22 June 2011 at 11.00 a.m. for receiving directions as to the hearing. 2 The Petition is accordingly disposed of. There shall be no order as to costs. (ANOOP V. MOHTA, J.) (DR. D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, J.)