MUMBAI: The Supreme Court on Thursday removed the “private forest” tag attached to huge swathes of land across the state by the government and upheld by the Bombay high court, freeing lakhs of acres for development.
In Mumbai, the ruling brings relief to at least five lakh residents and builders linked to hundreds of acres in Thane, Mulund, Bhandup, Nahur, Mahul, Borivli, Kandivli, Virar, Badlapur and Ambernath, who will also get back crores paid as fine to the state. The biggest gainer is Godrej, which can now build on 133 acres in Vikhroli.
Striking down the 2008 HC order, the apex court also quashed all notices issued by the state under the Indian Forest Act of 1927 decades ago. It affects owners of almost 6.4 lakh acres in the state.
It criticized the state for “leading citizens up a garden path for several decades” and for its “active consent in permitting construction through the years” and said now, residents alone cannot be asked to bear the brunt. The state cannot be allowed to demolish the “massive constructions made on it (the land) over the last half century”, the court added. To read more please visit - indianrealestatenews.com
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