Mumbai: Metro car shed disputed land owned by Union government: Centre tells HC

The Centre on Monday submitted an affidavit in the Bombay High Court asserting its ownership and title over a land in Mumbais Kanjurmarg area where the Maharashtra government had proposed to construct a Metro car shed and claimed that a decree in the name of a private firm with respect to the land was obtained fraudulently and should be held as null and voidThe Centre and the Maharashtra government are locked in a dispute over the ownership of the said land The state government had proposed to construct a car shed for its Metro project on about 100 acre of landIn March this year the Maharashtra government learnt that the high court had in October 2020 granted the decree of over 6000acre land in Kanjurmarg area to a private firm Adarsh Water Parks and ResortsAlso Read Bombay High Court asks Maharashtra government Centre to resolve differences over Mumbai metro car shedFollowing this the state government filed an application in the HC challenging the decree granted and sought for it to be held as illegalOn Monday the Union governments salt and defence departments submitted their affidavits in response to the application wherein the Centre reiterated that it owned the land The land was in the Centres possession the affidavits saidThe affidavits also claimed that the decree granted to the Adarsh Water Parks and Resorts Private Limited in October 2020 was a fraud played on the court and the governmentThe Union government denies that the applicant Maharashtra government or any other party has any right title and interest or possession of the land the Union governments Defence department said in its affidavitThe affidavits claimed the Centre learnt about the decree only after the Maharashtra government filed the application in March this yearA single bench of Justice A K Menon posted the matter for further hearing on June 13The state government had in its application claimed that over 1800 acre of the disputed land belonged to it and the private firm did not have any right on it adding the order was fraudulently obtained by the private firmThe firm deliberately did not make the Maharashtra government a party to the suit the state said in its applicationOn October 28 2020 the private firm had obtained an HC order on its suit filed in 2006 against a few persons The company had sought specific performance or compliance with an agreement of August 2005 as per which the firm claimed that it was granted development rights of the entire Kanjur villageAs per advocate Himanshu Takke representing the Maharashtra government the high court was not informed that out of the over 6000 acre land over 1800 acre belonged to the state government nearly 120 acre to the Centre and about 200 acre of land parcels in Kanjurmarg village belonged to the Brihanmumbai Municipal CorporationThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoeverThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever