srk １ wp-L-1962-10 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION (LODGING) NO.1962 OF 2010 Sachin Y. Shetty ... Petitioner Versus The State of Maharashtra and others. ... Respondents ALONGWITH WRIT PETITION (LODGING) NO.1963 OF 2010 Geeta Tushar Thakkar ... Petitioner Versus The State of Maharashtra and others. ... Respondents ALONGWITH WRIT PETITION (LODGING) NO.1964 OF 2010 Kewal Jitendre Thakkar ... Petitioner Versus The State of Maharashtra and others. ... Respondents Mr. S.M. Sakhardande with Ms. Nutan Moily for the petitioners. Mr. J.S. Saluja, Assistant Government Pleader for State-respondent Nos.1,2 and 7. Mr. J.G. Reddy for respondent Nos.3 to 5. Ms. Vidya S. Gharpure for respondent No.6. CORAM : MOHIT S. SHAH, C.J. & DR. D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, J. Monday, September 20, 2010 P .C. Rule. By consent, rule returnable forthwith. Counsel for the respondents waive service. With the consent of Counsel, taken up for final hearing. srk ２ wp-L-1962-10 2. What is challenged in these petitions under Article 226 of the Constitution of India is the common order dated 17 July 2010 of the High Power Committee of the Government of Maharashtra in application No.1152 of 2009 by which the High Power Committee (HPC) directed the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) to forfeit the four tenements allotted to the four slum dwellers including these three petitioners and reserved for project affected persons and also file criminal complaints against the said four slum dwellers including these petitioners. 3. The learned counsel for the petitioners states that the petitioners were not given any show cause notice or any notice of hearing before High Power Committee passed the impugned order on the basis of the report submitted by the SRA. On the aforesaid ground alone, we set aside the order dated 17 July 2010 at Exhibit `J' to the petition with liberty to the High Power Committee to serve a copy of the SRA report on all the four slum dwellers including the present petitioners and give them show cause notice and opportunity of hearing. 4. We direct that the High Power Committee shall serve the report of SRA and the notice of hearing upon the four slum dwellers including the petitioners. We further direct that in case of any difficulty in serving the notice upon the petitioners, a copy of the same shall be served on the learned counsel for the petitioners. Rule is disposed of accordingly. CHIEF JUSTICE DR. D.Y. CHANDRACHUD, J.