Monday, May 30, 2016

Bombay High Court dismissed builders’ plea for concession on affordable housing





                The Bombay High Court on Thursday disposed of a petition filed by a few developers seeking concession in rules that require all builders to construct 20 percent additional small sized apartments in their plots on all projects that are bigger than 4,000 square meters.  The judges held that the government’s decision was correct.

        The division bench headed by Chief Justice Mohit Shah was hearing petitions filed by DB Realty and few other developers, which said that it was not possible to provide 20 percent affordable housing in all projects and it would hinder many construction projects and so this policy should be scrapped.

        It was submitted by the petitioners that restriction on the land owner’s right to develop and construct on his land is arbitrary and constitutes an unreasonable restriction on the petitioner’s right given in the Constitution of India.

        The Judges, however held, we are not satisfied with arguments put before by the developers and disposed of the petitions without granting any relief to them.

        The draft notice of the inclusive housing policy made it mandatory for all owners to develop plots of 30 to 50 square metres to hand over to Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (MHADA) for economically weaker sections and low income groups.

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