The Navghar Police have registered an FIR against Gurumauli Developers partners, Jagdish Shashikumar Raje and Dilip Prabhakar Kudalkar, for allegedly selling five apartments under the Urban Land Ceiling (ULC) regulation without informing the housing society consent. The unauthorised sale estimated to have brought about a financial loss exceeding Rs 5 crore.
Gurumauli Developers Sold Government Flats Without Society’s Consent
The case filed based on a complaint by 78-year-old Nandkumar Pawaskar, a resident of Mulund Kavita Kiran Society on P. Gujar Road, Mulund East. In 2004, Pawaskar and 25 different individuals makes proposed housing cooperative society named Shri Omkar Grihnirman Sahakari Society with three key promoters: Yashwant Shengal, Bhaskar Naik, and the late Chimaji Lohkare.
They entered into development agreement with Namdev Mhatre, the owner of a 1,550 sq. Metre plot in Nane Pada, Mulund East. In 2010, Gurumauli Developers appointed as the contractors for the project. That same year, a registered development settlement signed. As the land fell under ULC guidelines, it was mandatory for the landowner to surrender sure residences to the government.
Society Paid Rs 82.49 Lakh for Ownership of Flats
In a letter dated February 14, 2023, the ULC branch informed the society that it is able to accumulate ownership of the five specified flats upon payment of Rs 82.49 lakh. The society cleared the amount, consisting of late fees, on December 30, 2023, through the RBI bank challan.
Based on this, the Gurumauli Developers applied for and acquired an Occupancy Certificate (OC) from the BMC. Despite this, between March 26 and May 24, 2024, developers Raje and Kudalkar allegedly bought all 5 ULC-specified apartments—numbered 903, 904, 1003, 1004, and 1103—without informing the society or its contributors.
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