MbPT tenants approach HC against eviction order

Representatives for the tenants said 33 writ petitions had been filed and admitted.

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(From right) Advocate Viren Asar, playwrights Alyque Padamsee, Raell Padamsee and other members of the Bombay Port Trust Tenants Association at a press meet on Tuesday. (Source: Express Photo by Vasant Prabhu)

Tenants and lease-holders on land owned by the Mumbai Port Trust (MbPT) have filed writ petitions in the Bombay High Court against non-renewal of leases.

Representatives for the tenants said 33 writ petitions had been filed and admitted.

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The writ petitions claim that their leases are not being renewed despite a Supreme Court order in 2004 directing MbPT on rental rates. The tenants say MbPT has violated its own compromise terms in a case in 2004 based on which rent and interest burden on lessees was to be reduced and further cases were to be settled through fresh or renewed leases. A release issued by the petitioners said the MbPT had instead approved a resolution in 2006 that was contrary to SC directives of the with market rates reportedly being levied subsequently.

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