Bombay HC Orders Santacruz Society To Hand Over 2 Unfinished Flats To Original Allottees
Mumbai, September 26, 2026: The Bombay High Court has directed a Santacruz cooperative housing society to allot two unfinished flats to a couple after holding that their earlier allotment to the directors of the society’s contractor was “clearly arbitrary”. Justice Sandeep Marne directed the society to cancel the allotment of Flats 801 and 802 in the Shamrock building to Ramesh Mankani and Renu…
The Bombay High Court has ordered a Santacruz cooperative housing society to hand over two unfinished flats to the original allottees, Dr Omprakash Soniminde and his wife, Chandrakala, after finding the earlier allotment to the directors of the society’s contractor to be "clearly arbitrary". The dispute, which dates back nearly three decades, involves the allocation of additional flats constructed on top of the Le Chateau and Shamrock buildings using TDR/FSI.
The court ruled that the contractor's directors, Ramesh Mankani and Renu Mankani, had no independent claim over the flats and that the existing members were entitled to benefit from the additional construction. The Sonimindes must pay Rs 2.5 crore to the existing allottees within six weeks, or risk losing possession of the flats.
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