IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION NO. 4210 OF 2025 Feroz Talukdar Khan ...Petitioner Versus The Municipal Commissioner Thane Municipal Corporation & Anr. ...Respondents _______

Mr. Vishal Hegde a/w R. P. Shirole a/w Anuja Apte a/w Aiswarya Jose a/w Rohit Maurya for the Petitioner.

Mr. Jagdish G. Arudwad (Reddy) for Respondent No. 1-TMC.

Mr. Azimuddin Kazi a/w Rizwan Khan a/w Somesh Gandhi i/b N. N. Kazi &

Associates for Respondent No. 3.

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CORAM: G. S. KULKARNI &

ARIF S. DOCTOR, JJ.

DATE: 18^th JUNE 2025 Oral Judgment: ( Per : G. S. Kulkarni, J.)

1. Few days back, we were confronted with a serious case^* in regard to the brazen and illegal construction of what we were then informed were 17 buildings on agricultural land within the Municipal jurisdiction of the Thane Municipal Corporation (for short “the municipal corporation”) at village Shil, Thane. By a detailed order dated 12^th June, 2025, we permitted the municipal corporation to take appropriate steps as per law, to demolish 17 illegal buildings. We had also ordered an inquiry to be held by judicial officer appointed by the Learned Principal District Judge, Thane on such massive il