1 jpc/- IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 3137 OF 2008 Chandanwadi Shikshan Parasarak Samiti, Thane .. Petitioner Versus The Municipal Corporation of the City of Thanbe and others .. Respondents Shri R.S. Datar, for the petitioner Shri R. S. Apte for the Respondent No. 1 Shri S. M. Oak for Respondent No. 4 CORAM: J. N. PATEL, & MRS. MRIDULA BHATKAR, JJ. DATED: 16th June, 2009 ORAL ORDER (Per Mrs. Mridula Bhatkar, J.) 1. Heard. 2. Rule, returnable forthwith. 3. By consent of the parties, taken up for final hearing. 4. This petition is filed for quashing and setting aside the resolution passed by the Respondent- Municipal Corporation on 1st December, 2004 that the Plot No. 366 be allotted to Respondent Nos. 3 and 4 under SRA scheme for re-development. 5. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner is a registered turst and it is running a primary school since last 30 years and the building of the school was constructed on the plot bearing Final No. 366. It is submitted by him that the Respondent 2 Corporation, earlier, by resolution dated 20th August, 1998 had allotted the said portion of Plot No. 366 to the petitioner and the petitioner intended to construct an additional school building on the said plot to meet the requirements of the school. It is further submitted that, however, the respondent Corporation changed its earlier decision and passed resolution on 1st December, 2004 to allot a portion of the Plot No. 366 to Respondent Nos. 3 and 4 under the Slum Rehabilitation Scheme. The petitioner, being aggrieved by this Resolution, has filed this petition. 6. The respondent- Corporation has filed affidavit in reply of its Officer. The learned Counsel appearing for the respondent corporation has submitted that the said plot is admeasuring 8839.29 sq. mtrs. Out of which, the petitioner is being allotted 4557.29 sq. mtrs area and the portion of the plot was utilised by the petitioner for constructing the school building. Remaining 4502 sq. mtrs area is made available for the rehabilitation of encroachers under the Slum Development Scheme and the said portion of the plot, by the impugned resolution, is allotted to the Respondents 3 and 4. 7. Learned Counsel appearing for respondents 3 and 4 submits that construction of the tenements for the rehabilitation of slum dwellers is in process and on the same plot they are constructing a School building for Primary school as per reservation and the said building will be handed over to the respondent-Corporation after its completion. 8. Learned Counsel appearing for the respondent Corporation submits that if the corporation is going to run the said primary school on the said plot on its own, then the petitioner has no claim and right and should not have any grievance. However, in case, the corporation decides to give the said primary school to any private institution, then the respondent 3 Corporation will advertise accordingly and invite application from such institutions who are willing to run and conduct Primary school and in that event, the petitioner can also apply to the respondent corporation for the same. 9. In view of the above submission, as the Corporation has allotted the said Plot to Respondents 3 and 4 for construction of the school building and for implementation of the SRA scheme and the corporation is going to take over the school building to run and conduct the primary school as per the reservation, we do not find any reason to interfere in the matter and the impugned resolution. 10. In the result the petition is dismissed. 11. Rule is discharged. ( MRIDULA BHATKAR, J.) (J. N. PATEL, J.)