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2025 Supreme(Online)(Bom) 1767

HIGH COURT OF BOMBAY
SANDEEP V. MARNE, J
Mr. Haresh Vijaysinh Bhatia – Appellant
Versus
District Deputy Registrar, Co-operative Societies, Mumbai City-4 – Respondent


Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: Mr. Pravin Samdani, Dhruva Gandhi, Mr. Pranav Nair, Mr. Prashant Asher, Mr. Naishadh Bhatia, Mr. Heetkumar Vachhani
For the Respondents: Mr. Sachindra B. Shetye, Mr. Piyush Raheja, Mr. Feroze Patel, Mr. Sahil Gandhi, Ms. Dimple Vora, Ms. Riddhi Shah, Smt. V.R. Raje, Mr. P.V. Nelson-Rajan

Judgement Key Points

Simple Summary: The Bombay High Court partially allowed Writ Petition No. 18739/2024 by promoters challenging the Competent Authority's order dated 12 November 2024 granting unilateral deemed conveyance under Section 11 of MOFA to Vijay-II CHS, while dismissing Writ Petition No. 4649/2025 by Vijay CHS. (!) (!) [1][2][23][103][104]

Key Holdings: - No Res Judicata: Fresh application (No. 142/2024) was maintainable despite prior rejection (order dated 25 September 2023), as explicit liberty was granted after dismissing for procedural defect (filed by Administrator); obiter on merits did not bind. (!) [25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][43] - Ownership Prevails: MOFA mandates promoters (as landowners) convey full ownership rights in land/building to society, overriding leasehold clauses in flat agreements; Competent Authority correctly directed ownership conveyance. (!) [45][47][51][52][55][56][57][58][62][65][72][78] - Wing-D Exclusion: Wing-D is a separate structure (not part of Vijay-II CHS building, despite linkage; separate utilities/tax/membership); land proportionate to its built-up (129.18 sq.mtrs + 22.80 sq.mtrs RG = 151.98 sq.mtrs + 31.01 sq.mtrs setback) excluded. (!) [10][85][86][88][97][98][99][100] - Corrected Entitlement: Vijay-II CHS gets ownership of 1399.04 sq.mtrs land + 246.89 sq.mtrs RG (total 1645.97 sq.mtrs) + 335.78 sq.mtrs setback/DP road benefit for Wings A-C. (!) [101][104] - Right of Way/Setback: Upheld for Vijay-II CHS (common layout access from SV Road; proportional DP/setback benefits). (!) [101][102]

Outcome: Remanded to Competent Authority for fresh certificate reflecting corrected area excluding Wing-D; no new contentions allowed. (!) [104]


Table of Content
1. challenge to the conveyance order (Para 1 , 2)
2. ownership and property description (Para 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7)
3. arguments by petitioners about ownership rights (Para 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14)
4. legal precedents cited by the petitioners (Para 15 , 16 , 17 , 18)
5. arguments by respondents against petitioner claims (Para 19 , 20 , 21 , 22)
6. court's analysis on res-judicata (Para 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31)
7. authority's jurisdiction under section 11 of mofa (Para 32 , 33 , 34)
8. court's observations on legal obligations and rights (Para 35 , 36 , 37)
9. legal reasoning regarding unit d (Para 38 , 39 , 40)
10. judgment on conveyance and ownership (Para 41 , 42 , 43)
11. competent authority's order justification (Para 44 , 45 , 46 , 47)
12. court's ruling on ownership conveyance (Para 48 , 49 , 50 , 51 , 52)
13. final instructions on land conveyance (Para 53 , 54 , 55 , 56 , 57 , 58 , 59)
14. outcome of the petition and directive (Para 60 , 61 , 62)
15. court's directive for action (Para 63 , 64 , 65 , 66)

JUDGMENT :

A. THE CHALLENGE

1) These two Petitions are filed challenging order dated 12 November 2024 passed by the District Deputy Registrar, Co-o

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