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Five housing societies. One rupee. Two decades. The Bombay High Court struck down Pune's land-grab rule — and gave citizens back their open spaces.

Housing Society’s Epic 16-Year Battle: They Came for Our Land with ₹1. We Said No and Won

Five housing societies. One rupee. Two decades. The Bombay High Court struck down Pune’s land-grab rule — and gave citizens back their open spaces.
In a scathing reminder of bureaucratic lethargy, the Bombay High Court has held that Pune Municipal Corporation lost a reserved playground in Karvenagar to a housing society because it failed to acquire the land within the strict timeline mandated under Section 127 of the MRTP Act

How the Corporation’s Delay & Bureaucracy Cost City a Playground

In a scathing reminder of bureaucratic lethargy, the Bombay High Court has held that Pune Municipal Corporation lost a reserved playground in Karvenagar to a housing society because it failed to acquire the land within the strict timeline mandated under Section 127 of the MRTP Act
The Bombay High Court on March 6, 2026, dismissed a petition alleging a co-op society's voters' list ballooned from 23 to 61 members, ruling petitioners ignored the objection remedy and that factual disputes require evidence, not writ jurisdiction.

You Can’t Take the Benefit and Challenge the Deal Later, Rules High Court Tells Housing Society

The Bombay High Court has ruled that a housing society cannot enjoy extra construction rights and later challenge the land surrender that enabled those benefits, dismissing a decades-old claim against the Pune Municipal Corporation.