IN THE HIGH COURT OF GUJARAT AT AHMEDABAD
A.J.Shastri, J.
Nidhi Co Operative Housing Society Ltd. - Appellant
Vs.
State Of Gujarat - Respondent
Special Civil Application No. 14698 of 2016 And Civil Application (For Direction) No. 1 of 2016
Decided On : 08-06-2022
Constitution of India, 1950 – Article 226, 14, 19(1)(g), 300A – Town Planning Act – Section 48(2), 77 – Gujarat Town Planning & Urban Development Act, 1976 – Section 65, 68, 41(1) – Power of high court to issue certain writs – Declaration of intention – Land Disposal Policy – Special Leave Appeal – Petitioner has prayed for reliefs – Held, Court is of opinion that petitioner society is entitled to actual physical allotment of Final Plot as issue crystallized above and as such, authority is under an obligation to discharge its function of implementation in true letter and spirit – It may not be out of place to mention that while carrying out directions which are being issued by this Court while disposing of present petition, respondent authority has to bear in mind fact that entitlement was already established of petitioner society way back itself, which has been affirmed by Hon'ble Apex Court, and from that day, respondent authority was under an obligation to obey orders and to fulfill its statutory obligations to allot land to petitioner society – So even if authority wants to apply Land Disposal Policy, which is not under challenge by petitioner, determination of contribution must be keeping in view of these years in which entitlement of petitioner is crystallized finally – Hence, Court deems it proper to pass following order, which would meet the ends of justice – Petition Allowed.
JUDGMENT :
1. By way of present petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner has prayed for the following reliefs:
AND/OR IN THE ALTERNATIVE
[A] THIS HONOURABLE COURT may be pleased to direct the respondent No. 3 Authority implement the Town Planning Scheme No.1 qua final plot No.65 as directed earlier by this Honourable Court in Special Civil Application No. 12749 of 2003, which is confirmed up to the Honourable Supreme Court, and to hand over peaceful and vacant possession of land admeasuring 4645 sq. meters of Final Plot No.65; to
[B] Pending admission, hearing and final disposal of this petition, this Hon'ble Court may be pleased to direct the respondent- AUDA, to forthwith reply to the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation instructing them with respect to the land bearing Final Plot No100-P, T.P. Scheme (Thaltej) No.2 (Varied); qua land admeasuring 5675 sq. meters which is vacant land and ear-marked in the map (Annexure-N) from creating any encumbrances or any third party right in respect of the said vacant land, which is allotted to the petitioner- society.
[C] Any other and further relief or reliefs to which this Hon'ble Court deemed fit interest of justice, may kindly be granted.
2. The background of facts leading to the rise of present proceedings is that the petitioner-society, i.e. Nidhi Co-operative Housing Society Ltd. is the owner of the land bearing Final Plot No.65 of Town Planning Scheme (Thaltej) No.1 admeasuring 4645 Sq. Mtrs. The said land is part of sanctioned Town Planning Scheme which was sanctioned by the State Government under Section 65 of the Gujarat Town Planning & Urban Development Act, 1976 (The Act of 1976' for short). It is the case of the petitioner that the land bearing Survey No.89 admeasuring 19627 Sq. Mtrs, Survey No.109 admeasuring 12642 Sq. Mtrs., Survey No.110/1 admeasuring 7588 Sq. Mtrs., and Survey No.110/2 7588 Sq. Mtrs, of village Thaltej, Taluka Daskroi, District: Ahmedabad, were forming part of Thaltej Town Planning Scheme No.1 and the same were given OP No.10, total admeasuring 47450 Sq. Mtrs. against which three final plots were allotted, being Final Plot Nos.34, 57 and 65, admeasuring 6787, 6010 and 20434 Sq. Mtrs. The petitioner being original owner of Final Plot Nos.34 & 57 entered into a sale deed with one Tulsi Park Co-Operative Society and further also entered into the sale deed with Tulsi Park Co-Operative Society in respect of the part of the land admeasuring 15789 Sq. Mtrs. of final plot No.65, wherein Tulsi Park Co-Operative Society Part-1, 2 & 3 are formed and they have put up construction over the said Final Plots.
3. It is further the case of the petitioner that they have entered into the sale deed with predecessor in title in respect of the remaining land admeasuring 4645 Sq. Mtrs., forming part of Final Plot No.65 of Town Planning Scheme No.1 in the year 1996 and are owners of the said land. So far as Final Plot Nos.34 and 57 are concerned, the possession of the said plots was also handed over to Tulsi Park Co-Operative Society, for which there is no dispute, but so far as Final Plot No.65 is concerned, out of the land admeasuring 20434 Sq. Mtrs., possession of 15798 Sq. Mtrs. of land was handed over to the aforesaid Tulsi Park Co-Operative Society and with respect to remaining land, admeasuring 4645 Sq. Mtrs., which was purchased by the petitioner society, possession whereof was not handed over to the petitioner since there was illegal and unauthorized construction put up by one Snehanjali Co-operative Society. Even after sanctioning of the Town Planning Scheme under Sectio
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