LAWS(BOM)-2024-1-303

GRACY DSOUZA Vs. ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL

Decided On January 23, 2024
Gracy Dsouza Appellant
V/S
ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL Respondents

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Vide order dtd. 22/4/2013, Rule was issued in this matter. The co-ordinate Bench of this Court [M.S. Karnik, J.] vide order and judgment dtd. 5/4/2023 disposed of the Writ Petition by setting aside the order of the Administrative Tribunal and remanded the matter for deciding afresh within a period of three months. The remand was directed only on the ground that there was an inordinate delay from the date of hearing of the matter and passing of the judgment by the learned Administrative Tribunal.

(2.) The legal representatives of the landlady [Respondent No. 3] challenged the decision of this Court by filing a Special Leave Petition (C) No. 12952 of 2023. By order dtd. 22/8/2023, the Apex Court quashed and set aside the oral judgment passed by this Court and directed that the matter be heard on merits and be disposed of preferably by the end of December 2023. Accordingly, the matter was taken up for final disposal. The matter was finally heard in the first week of January 2024.

(3.) The Petitioner is the tenant whereas the legal representatives of Respondent No. 3 are the landlords. The parties are referred to as the tenant and landlords for the sake of convenience. FACTUAL MATRIX: