Overview

• The court dismissed Yusuf Pathan’s challenge to a Vadodara Municipal Corporation notice over a 978 square metre municipal plot beside his home.
• Justice Mauna M Bhatt held that possession without an allotment order or payment constituted encroachment.
• VMC officials say repossession steps are underway after the order uploaded on September 2 confirmed the August 21 decision.
• The court declined to levy costs on Pathan, faulting the corporation’s years of inaction following the state’s 2014 rejection of the allotment.
• Pathan’s counsel argued state approval was unnecessary and offered to pay market value, and his legal team says it is exploring further remedies.