2025:BHC-AS:35833-DB IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION NO. 155 OF 2006 WITH CIVIL APPLICATION NO. 41 OF 2012 Bhrastachar Nirmoolan Sangathana ….Petitioner : Versus :

State of Maharashtra & Ors. ….Respondents Mr. Uday Warunjikar with Mr. Hrishikesh Nabar, Mr. Sumit Kate and Mr. Yash Jagdale, for the Petitioner.

Mrs. Neha S. Bhide, Government Pleader with Mr. O. A. Chandurkar, Additional Government Pleader and Ms. G. R. Raghuwanshi, AGP for State, Respondent Nos. 1 & 3.

Ms. Shyamali Gadre (Through VC) with Mr. Ashwin Kulkarni i/b Little &

Co., for MIDC, Respondent No. 2.

Mr. I. M. Khairdi, for Respondent No. 4.

Mr. Huzefa Nasikwala with Mr. Idris Balasinorwala, for Respondent Nos. 7 and 8.

Mr. Atharv A. Gidaye i/b Mr. Harshad Bhadbhade, for Applicant in Civil Application No. 41 of 2012.

CORAM : ALOK ARADHE, CJ. &

SANDEEP V. MARNE, J.

Reserved on : 12 AUGUST 2025 Pronounced on : 20 AUGUST 2025 JUDGMENT : (Per Sandeep V. Marne, J.

1) This petition is filed in public interest challenging allotment of various plots of land by Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) in favour of Respondent Nos. 4 to 25.

2) Petitioner claims