THE STATE MOVES. THE SUPREME COURT IS NOW THE BATTLEFIELD FOR 254.88 ACRES OF MIRA-BHAYANDAR.

The Bombay High Court's April 30, 2026 order is the most significant formal development in the EIC land dispute since this series began. The court, in confirming private ownership over approximately 254.88 acres in Mira-Bhayandar, upheld the position of Estate Investment Company Private Limited and Mira Real Estate Developers against the state's counter-claim. The Maharashtra government, by its June 26 announcement, did not anticipate this outcome and has resolved to challenge it before the Supreme Court of India. The April 30 order confirmed private title over the land in question. It did not — and could not, in that proceeding — adjudicate the individual title disputes between EIC and the thousands of flat owners and housing societies whose 7/12 records carry EIC's name. Those disputes continue in separate proceedings: at the DDR Court in Thane, before the MOFA Competent Authority, and in the specific writ petitions filed by individual societies. WP 13529/2025 — Still Separate WP 13529/2025, filed before the Bombay HC, remains the instrument through which EIC has sought to extend its position into MOFA proceedings. The ad-interim order of November 13, 2025 in that petition stays certain specific revenue actions. It does not restrain MOFA deemed conveyance proceedings themselves. The Competent Authority under MOFA is not a party to WP 13529/2025. This series has documented that position across Parts 7 and 8. The SLP — What the State Must Establish A Special Leave Petition before the Supreme Court is not an appeal in the conventional sense. It is a petition seeking the court's leave to hear the matter. The state must establish that the Bombay HC committed an error of law — not merely a finding of fact — that warrants the apex court's intervention. The state's challenge requires it to advance arguments on the nature of the government's competing title claim — rooted in the land's revenue history, the colonial-era embankment contracts, and the legal standing of EIC's founding documents — against a High Court bench that has already found those arguments insufficient. What Happens at Each Possible Outcome If the Supreme Court admits the SLP and grants an interim stay on the April 30 HC order: the private title confirmation is suspended pending the apex court's final ruling, and the legal position reverts to pre-April 30. If the court admits the SLP without a stay: the HC order operates while the matter is argued. If the SLP is not admitted: the HC order stands. The 2008 Collector Order — Unchanged The 2008 Collector Thane order confirming EIC's Superior Holder status in the revenue records — upheld through thirteen writ petitions and confirmed by the Supreme Court — continues to operate independently. That order is distinct from the April 30 HC ruling. The HC ruling addresses title. The 2008 order addressed revenue entries for fiscal purposes. Both operate simultaneously. For the thousands of flat owners and cooperative housing societies in the affected belt: the SLP filing does not by itself change anything on the ground. The 7/12 entries remain. The DDR office's processing of deemed conveyance applications continues under the shadow of WP 13529/2025. What the SLP signals is that the Maharashtra government has formally decided this is a dispute worth arguing before the country's highest court. Part 10 will carry the formal written representation template for societies at the DDR Court in Thane, developed from the counter-argument record across Parts 6, 7, and 8. READER RIGHTS BRIEF — THREE ACTIVE PROCEEDINGS ON ONE LAND: 1. Bombay HC April 30, 2026 order: Confirmed private title over 254.88 acres. Under SLP challenge. 2. SLP to Supreme Court: Filed by Maharashtra government. Admission and stay status — watch for Supreme Court cause list. 3. WP 13529/2025: EIC's petition before Bombay HC. Ad-interim order of November 13, 2025 stays specific revenue actions. MOFA Competent Authority is not restrained. These are three separate legal proceedings on overlapping but distinct questions. A qualified housing lawyer experienced in MOFA and Bombay HC writ practice is the appropriate resource for any society in the affected belt.

मुंबई उच्च न्यायालयाने ३० एप्रिल २०२६ रोजी Estate Investment Company आणि Mira Real Estate Developers यांच्या बाजूने मीरा-भाईंदरमधील २५४.८८ एकर जमिनीची मालकी मान्य केली. महाराष्ट्र शासनाला अपेक्षित यश मिळाले नाही आणि आता शासन 'विशेष अनुमती अर्ज' (Special Leave Petition) द्वारे सर्वोच्च न्यायालयात हे प्रकरण नेणार आहे. सर्वोच्च न्यायालय हा SLP स्वीकारते का, आणि स्वीकारल्यास Interim Stay देते का — हे दोन्ही प्रश्न मीरा-भाईंदरमधील सोसायट्यांच्या मानीव अभिहस्तांतरण प्रक्रियेसाठी निर्णायक ठरतील. WP 13529/2025, ३० एप्रिल उच्च न्यायालय निर्णय आणि SLP — ही तीनही प्रकरणे एकमेकांपासून स्वतंत्र असली, तरी एकाच जमिनीवर एकाच वेळी सुरू आहेत. ७/१२ नोंदी सध्या जशाच्या तशा आहेत. SLP दाखल झाल्याने सोसायट्यांच्या प्रलंबित मानीव अभिहस्तांतरण अर्जांवर तात्काळ परिणाम होत नाही. भाग १० मध्ये — DDR न्यायालयासाठी लेखी निवेदनाचे संपूर्ण template.