Chintaman R. Abhyankar vs. Veda Co-Op. Housing Society Ltd

Order - Status 6: IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION WRIT PETITION STAMP NO.17244 OF 2014 Chintaman R Abhyankar and anr. : Petitioners. Versus Veda Co­op. Housing Society Ltd. : Respondent. Mr. Y K Tiwari i/by Mr. Rajesh M Yadav for the Petitioners. Mr. N G Gupta i/by Mr. C M Lokesh for the Respondent. CORAM : R. M. SAVANT, J. DATE : 21st July 2014. P.C. 1 There is a concurrent finding recorded against the Petitioners and in favour of the RespondentSociety as regards the Petitioners entitlement to the stilt parking place purportedly sold to them by the builder by virtue of the agreement that was entered into between the Petitioners and the builder. The Cooperative Court rejected the application for interim reliefs filed by the Petitioners. The Cooperative Appellate Court has confirmed the order passed by the Cooperative Court. 2 The Apex court in the judgment reported in 2010 CTJ 98 (SC) in the matter of Nahalchand Laloochand Pvt. Ltd. v/s. Panchali Cooperative Housing Society Ltd. has held that under the provisions of Maharashtra Ownership of Flats Act a builder is not entitled to sell the parking place in the stilt portion. It appears that in the instant case, the Society has already regulated the parking and has allotted the Petitioners a parking place in the property of the Society. The learned counsel for the Petitioners sought to contend that the judgment of the Apex court cannot have retrospective effect so as to affect the rights of the parties which have been created anterior in point of time. The judgment of the Apex Court lays down a proposition of law in the context of the obligations of a developer/promoter under the Maharashtra Ownership of Flats Act, and therefore there is no question of any retrospective or prospective application. Both the Courts below have therefore rightly relied upon the said judgment. In that view of the matter, no case for interference is made out. The above Writ Petition is accordingly dismissed. [R.M.SAVANT, J]