WP 291-10 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO.291 OF 2010 Rosario Santan Fernandes and Ors. .. Petitioners Versus Municipal Corporation of Gr.Mumbai .. Respondents. Mr.Devendra Singh i/b. S.Prabhavalkar for petitioner Ms.V.S.Gharpure for BMC CORAM : MOHIT S. SHAH, C.J. & S.C.Dharmadhikari, J. Date : 16th August 2010. P.C. 1] By a letter dated 7th December 2007, the petitioner had made an application for reconstruction of structure on the land in question. The Assistant Commissioner H West Ward, of the Corporation submitted a reply dated 7th December 2007 that since the land under reference belongs to Municipal Corporation, the petitioner shall contact the concerned officer for necessary action. The petitioner, thereafter, sent a letter dated 27th August 2008 to the A.O. (Estate), H-West Ward of the Corporation, which is at Exh.V to the petition. Thereafter, also the WP 291-10 2 petitioner has been sending letters to the various officers of the respondent Corporation, including E.E.B.P. (H-West) Ward, Deputy Commissioner, Zone II Andheri and Municipal Commissioner, on 29th August 2008, 29th December 2008, 4th May 2009 and 3rd July 2009 and so on and so forth. 2] In this petition, the petitioner’s grievance is against the inaction on the part of respondent Corporation in not considering the application for redevelopment of the structure on the land in question. His further grievance is also that in spite of the above letters/ notices to the Corporation the Corporation has not decided petitioner’s application. Learned Advocate for the Corporation submits that the Corporation has already sent reply dated 15th June 2009 informing that no documents were submitted to the office by the petitioner. It appears that the said reply was given by E.E.B.P. H-West ward and there is some communication gap and the letters sent by the petitioner may not have reached the concerned officers. WP 291-10 3 2] In view of the above, we direct that upon the learned Advocate for petitioner submitting one set of the above application to the learned Advocate for Corporation, Ms.Gharpure, the same will be handed over to the concerned officer of the Corporation who shall send reply to the petitioner within one month from the date on which the copies of these letters/ notices are handed over to him. 3] It is further directed that petitioner’s application for NOC shall also be considered by the Administrative Officer, BMC who shall also send a reply to the petitioner within one month from the date on which a copy of the application is handed over to the said officer. With the above directions, the petition is disposed of. No costs. (CHIEF JUSTICE) (S.C.DHARMADHIKARI, J)