&\2131 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CIVIL APPEAL Nos. 2588-2591 OF 2016 (Arising out of SLP(C) Nos. 150-153 of 2015) MUNIRAJ R.KURMI AND ORS. ETC. ... Appellant(s) Versus STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ORS. ETC. ... Respondent(s) O R D E R Leave granted. These appeal arise out of an Order dated 27.11.2014 passed by the High Court of Judicature at Mumbai whereby Writ Petition (L) No. 2959 of 2014 and W.P.(L) No. 2994 of 2014 have been dismissed. Also under challenge is an Order dated 18.12.2014 passed by the High Court dismissing Review Petitions (L) No. 95 of 2014 and 96 of 2014. Writ Petitions No. 2959 and 2994 of 2014 were filed by the appellants herein before the High Court to challenge an Order dated 10.11.2014 passed by the Executive Engineer, MHADA under Section 95 A of the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Act, 1976 whereby the writ petitioners had been asked to vacate the premises in their occupation and shift to alternative accommodation being made
2 available by the Co-operative Housing Society to facilitate re-development of the area in question. The challenge primarily rested on the applicability of Section 95A and the powers of the Executive Engineer to issue a direction like the one impugned in the writ pe...