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IN THE HIGH COURT OF BOMBAY
SANDEEP V. MARNE
Madhav Chopde – Appellant
Versus
Unnat Nagar No. 3 (block nos. 1 to 3) co-op Hous Soc. Ltd. – Respondent
JUDGMENT:
1) Petitioner-Society and its Secretary have filed the present Petition challenging the Order dated 29 August 2024 passed by Minister-Co-operation dismissing their Revision Application and confirming Order dated 16 April 2024 passed by Divisional Joint Registrar as well as Order dated 18 September 2023 passed by District Deputy Registrar sub-dividing the Petitioner-Society thereby resulting in formation and registration of Respondent Nos. 4 and 5-Societies.
2) Brief facts leading to filing of the present Petition are that the then Maharashtra Housing Board constructed 18 blocks/buildings consisting of 144 tenements in the year 1960 for providing residential accommodation to Lower Income Group and dishoused persons on plot of land bearing CTS Nos. 79, 80 and 43 (part) Unnat Nagar No. 3, M.G. Road, Goregaon (West) Mumbai - 400 062. Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA), which took over functions of erstwhile Maharashtra Housing Board, offered residential tenements to the occupants on ownership basis by accepting the agreed amount of consideration in the year 1992. Accordingly, on payment of the consideration suggested by MHADA, the occupiers of the teneme
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