'Encroachment is turning Mumbai into city of slums'
The Free Press Journal|June 13, 2024
The High Court slams SRA for proposing to acquire Bandra church's encroached land for redevelopment without hearing grievances of trust
URVI MAHAJANI
'Encroachment is turning Mumbai into city of slums'

Slamming the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) for unilaterally moving ahead with its proposal of acquiring an encroached land portion belonging to Mount Mary Church in Bandra West, the Bombay High Court said that the property owner has "preferential right" to undertake the redevelopment of the property. The HC was hearing a petition by Bishop John Rodrigues, sole trustee and rector of the Basilica of Our Lady of the Mount, which manages the church, challenging the SRA's move despite it repeatedly expressing plans to redevelop the same.

Of 10,729 sq mt that the church owns, there is encroachment on 1,596 sq mt, which the SRA proposed to acquire for a paltry Rs17 lakh. In December 2020, it declared it as a slum rehab area under the Maharashtra Slum Areas (Improvement, Clearance and Redevelopment) Act. The HC said that this is a classic case of a private developer trying to usurp land under the garb of slum redevelopment.

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