IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION NO. 109 OF 2025 Shri Kamlakar Bhagoji Phatkare …. Petitioner.

V/s The Chief Executive Officer, having address at – Lokmanya Nagar, Vishnu Nagar, Palghar and Others …. Respondents. Mr. A.A. Siddiquie a/w Mr. Chowdhari Moin i/b A.A.

Siddiquie & Associate, Advocates for the petitioner.

Mrs. Neha S. Bhide, G.P. a/w. Mr. O.A. Chandurkar, Addl.

G.P. Mrs M.P. Thakur, A.G.P. for the respondent-State.

CORAM : SHREE CHANDRASHEKHAR, CJ &

GAUTAM A. ANKHAD, J.

DATE : 4^th NOVEMBER 2025.

PER, GAUTAM A. ANKHAD, J.

This Public Interest Litigation has been filed by a social worker and RTI activist residing in the Nalasopara area of Vasai, District Palghar. The petition purports to raise an issue concerning the construction of an allegedly illegal building in which the respondent no. 9 is stated to be running a school.

2. The petitioner states that in early 2023, he noticed a hoarding displayed by the Vasai–Virar Municipal Corporation in front of the school, declaring the said building as “illegal”. He claims to have filed RTI applications between January 2023 and March 2023 seeking information regarding the said