Balkrishna Jagannath Lad v. Indian Postal Department Mumbai

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2015 Supreme(Online)(Bom) 52

BOMBAY HIGH COURT
Not mentioned, J
Balkrishna Jagannath Lad v. Indian Postal Department Mumbai

Table of Content
1. analysis of land ownership and reservation lapse under mrtp act. (Para 2 , 3 , 4 , 5)
2. dispute regarding rights accrued from notification's non-acceptance. (Para 6 , 9)
3. court's reaffirmation of right under mrtp despite revised plans. (Para 8 , 10)
4. final ruling allowing the petition for land reservation lapse. (Para 11)

1. Heard. Rule. Rule made returnable forthwith. Heard finally.

2. By this writ petition, the petitioner is seeking a direction to the respondents - authorities to treat his land as being free from the reservation following lapsing of the reservation under the provisions of the Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act, 1966 (hereinafter referred to as MRTP Act for short).

3. The petitioner is the owner of land bearing Survey No. 103/1-2/1D / 1A situated at Pandharpur, within the limits of Municipal Council Pandharpur. This property has been reserved with effect from 3-3-1979 under reserved site No. 84 for the purpose of postal department staff quarters. The respondent No. 3 initiated the process of acquisition of the said land on 18-6-1991 and even a notification under S.6 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 came to be issued. However, these pro