M.P. Housing Board Settles with Madhya Pradesh

Authority: Supreme Court Special Lok Adalat

Order Date: 22-08-2026

Case Overview

• Parties: M.P. Housing Board (petitioner) vs State of Madhya Pradesh & others (respondents).
• Special Leave Petitions (Civil) Diary Nos. 49280/2023 and 49283/2023 (IV-C) were listed.
• Hearing held virtually on 22 Aug 2026 before Hon'ble Justices Aravind Kumar and Vipul M. Pancholi, with Senior Advocate Dhruv Mehta and Advocate‑on‑Record Geetanjali Mohan representing the court.
• Counsel for petitioner included R.C. Mishra, Mahendra Kumar, Sandeep Kumar Sharma, Sanjeev Kumar, Jogender Kumar, Ram Prasad Chaubey, Pawan Kumar, Rajnish Kumar Jha, Alok Kumar Dwivedi, Ananya Mishra.
• Counsel for respondents included V.V.V Pattabhiram, Rajan Chaurasiya, Niharika Singh, Harmeet Singh Ruprah.
• Parties indicated that, per the extant policy, they would not press the appeal and had executed a Settlement Agreement dated 17 Aug 2026, which was placed on record and admitted by both sides.

Final Outcome

• The Special Lok Adalat passed an award in terms of the Settlement Agreement, directing that a decree be drawn accordingly.
• The Special Leave Petitions are treated as disposed, with no further press of the appeal.
• Both parties are bound by the terms and conditions of the Settlement Agreement.

Topics: Settlement, Special Lok Adalat, Housing Board