Authority: High Court of Judicature at Bombay

Order Date: 5 October 2026

Case Overview

  • Petitioner: Marathon Panvel Infrastructures Pvt Ltd; Respondents: State of Maharashtra, Saga Builders Private Limited, and others including Respondents 14‑16.
  • Dispute concerns mutation entries on agricultural land (Survey No.57/3/1, 1,34,275.87 sqm) in Panvel, Raigad, and the validity of a 1988 Saga Sale Deed lacking MTAL permission.
  • Saga filed Appeal No.72 of 2011 before the Sub‑Divisional Officer (SDO) challenging mutation entries dated 23 Feb 1989, 12 Apr 2006, and 1 Apr 2010, after a 22‑year delay.
  • The SDO cancelled those entries without first deciding whether the delay should be condoned; subsequent orders by Collector, Commissioner, and Revenue Minister upheld the SDO order.

Final Outcome

  • The Court held the SDO erred by entertaining the appeal without condoning the 22‑year delay, rendering the SDO order dated 14 Aug 2025 ultra vires.
  • The impugned order of 14 Aug 2025 is quashed and set aside; subsequent confirmations of that order are also invalid.
  • Respondents 14‑16 may file an application under Section 149 of the MTAL Act to enter their names in the record of rights, subject to the pending civil suit.

Topics: Revenue Law, Land Mutation, Delay Condonation