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Stay on disputed CRZ plot sale in Nerul to remain

Earlier this week, The Western Zonal Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) ruled that the stay order on the sale of a plot in Nerul remain and gave petitioners two weeks to respond to CIDCO’s defense. The final hearing has been fixed for 20th December 2022.

The City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra (CIDCO), the governing body responsible for much of Navi Mumbai’s planned development, floated a tender for sale of plot number 2A comprising of sectors 54, 56 and 58. The plot in question is a 25,000 square meter land parcel, located adjacent to the NRI Seawoods area.

The Navi Mumbai Environment Preservation Society (NMEPS) and neighboring residents have filled two petitions with the NGT to halt the sale of this plot citing CRZ violations. According to the documents filled, the petitioners allege that portions of the plot fall under CRZ-I and CRZ-II zones, and therefore cannot be developed.

CIDCO defended its decision while questioning the NGT’s jurisdiction to have allowed such petitions to be admitted. The development body argued that the tender process undertaken fulfills all CRZ provisions. It denied the petitioners’ claim that the plot falls under a no development zone and contended that no law prevents them from showing CRZ-I area as part of the plot for sale.

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