Setting an example, the Bombay High Court on Wednesday passed a judgment in a record two hearings conducted within just eight months against Dinesh Sonawane, the retired deputy registrar of Konkan Bhavan, holding him responsible for passing conveyance orders without following due legal procedures.

Why the petition was filed

Sushil Bhatia, chairman of Swastik Chambers, told mid-day, “This was a land parcel of nearly 35,000 sq m on which Swastik Chambers was built first. Later, some part of the land was given to Reliance. The developer then built two commercial properties — Corporate Park and Shree Corporate. As per rules, Swastik Chambers was the owner of this entire 1,60,000 sq ft area. However, after the HC judgment in the case of Marathon Era was passed, we applied to get conveyance. This was when we got to know about the orders passed by Sonawane. After filing an RTI application to get information about these orders and consulting our legal department, we filed the writ petition last year against these orders.”