Digitally signed by PRASHANT P V R IL A A S S HANTV R I A L N A E S RANE Date:

2026.02.05 21:06:11 +0530 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY ORDINARY ORIGINAL CIVIL JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 4225 of 2024 AND INTERIM APPLICATION NO.6016 OF 2025 Chetan Samajik Pratishthan & Anr. ...Petitioners.

VS The Municipal Corporation of Gr. Mumbai & Anr. ...Respondents And Suryoday Co-op. Housing Society ...Applicant __________

Mr. Pradeep Thorat with Mr. Ashish Gatagat with Shafi Shaikh and Mr. A.S.

Shaikh, for Applicant.

Ms. Pushpa Yadav, for Respondent-BMC.

Mr. Jagdish Aradwad (Reddy), for Respondent No.3/SRA.

Mr. Sanjeev B. Deore with Mr. Arman Ansari & Rutuja Gholap i/b. Suchita Pawar, for Respondent No.1/Orig. Petitioner.

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CORAM: G. S. KULKARNI &

AARTI SATHE, JJ.

DATE: 3 February 2026.

ORAL ORDER: (Per G. S. Kulkarni , J.)

1. In regard to an extraordinarily large slum rehabilitation at Buddha Nagar, Govandi, Mumbai which is on the municipal land, the petitioners have brought to the fore an important issue, namely, of total dereliction of the duties and obligations by the officers of the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM), as also the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (for