1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.7404 OF 2008 Mrs.Madhuri Sanjay Gaonkar .. Petitioner Vs. State of Maharashtra & Ors. .. Respondents WITH WRIT PETITION NO.7406 OF 2008 Mr.Chetan Ashok Maladkar .. Petitioner Vs. State of Maharashtra & Ors. .. Respondents Mr.V.P.Patil with Mr.A.P.Bagwe for the petitioner Ms.M.P.Thakur, A.G.P. for respondent nos.1 Mr.B.H.Shroff with Ms.Geeta Shastri for respondent nos.2 and 3 in Writ Petition Nos.7404 of 2008 and 7406 of 2008 CORAM: J.N. PATEL & Smt.MRIDULA BHATKAR, JJ. DATE: JUNE 8, 2009 P.C. 1. In both the petitions, the facts and issues are identical. The petitioners have applied for residential flats in Mumbai directly to the Honourable 2 Minister. Pursuant to these applications, Honourable Ministers have taken a decision to allot the subject tenements of MHADA in both the writ petitions. Subsequently, in Writ Petition No.7404 of 2006, the allotment made to the petitioner was cancelled and the said tenement was reallotted to the other applicant by the Honourable Ministers for non payment of the amount within a stipulated period. 2. So far as the second matter i.e. Writ Petition No.7406 of 2008 is concerned, the tenement which was allotted to the petitioner was already allotted to one Mr.Vaidya and, therefore, the second allotment of that tenement was not possible to the petitioner. 3. The learned counsel for the petitioners have submitted that as the orders of the allotment of the subject tenements are in favour of the petitioners, they are entitled to get the allotment of the said tenements or any alternate tenement in lieu of subject tenements. 4. Considering the facts mentioned above and the contentions, we do not find any legal right vested with the petitioners to seek allotment of subject tenement or alternate tenements. So also, the orders of allotment of the tenements were issued nearly 10 years back in favour of the petitioners and the petitioners have approached this court in the year 2008 i.e. after a period of 10 years for seeking implementation of the order of allotment made by the then Honourable Minister. Thus, both the petitions suffer from the delay and latches. We do not find 3 any merit in both the petitions and the petitions deserve to be dismissed. Petitions are dismissed accordingly. (J.N. Patel, J.) (Smt. Mridula Bhatkar, J.)