Unauthorised occupation – Section 8 of the Maharashtra Fire Act, 2006.
Chief Fire Officer ought not to be a bystander who would shut his eyes in respect of unlawful construction and occupied without fire clearance and lawful actions need to be taken invoking the provisions of Section 8 of the Act.
In our opinion, all this depicts a ridicule and a mockery of the whole system. We are of the clear opinion that this is an open racket the Municipal Officers are indulging to perpetuate illegalities. These are issues of a serious concern for the Municipal Commissioner. The eyes of these higher officials who are very experienced officers cannot be shut to such modus operandi to defeat the law. Such lawless regime cannot continue to subsist. It brings about a situation of total absence of the rule of law in urban planning and that too, in commercial cities like Mumbai. It cannot be countenanced that Municipal Commissioner would wield an approach that all such rampant illegalities.
Order dated 18.7.2025 of the Bombay High Court in Writ Petition No.1658 of 2012 of Sameer Subhash Patil Vs. The State of Maharashtra and others with connected matters
