Trilegal successfully represented CREDAI–Maharashtra Chamber of Housing Industry–Kalyan Dombivali Unit before the High Court of Bombay in Writ Petition No. 9050 of 2025
Matter Overview
Trilegal successfully represented the Confederation of Real Estate Developers Association (CREDAI) – Maharashtra Chamber of Housing Industry (MCHI) – Kalyan Dombivali Unit before the Hon’ble Bombay High Court in Writ Petition No. 9050 of 2025. The Hon’ble Court was pleased to allow the Writ Petition and directed the State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA) and the State Expert Appraisal Committee (SEAC) to decide upon the Environmental Clearance proposals received for the Kalyan Dombivali industrial region by considering the current Comprehensive Environmental Pollution Index (CEPI) Scores of the region as updated and published by the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) within a period of eight (8) weeks from the date of uploading of the order.
Matter Significance
Considering the industry-wide impact of the inactions attributable to the SEIAA and SEAC leading to stalling of legitimate development activities across Kalyan Dombivali, this ruling will aid developers across the region whose proposals were not being considered by SEIAA and SEAC.
Proposals for environmental clearance across Kalyan Dombivali were being deferred based on outdated data published by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in 2018, whereby the industrial clusters of Kalyan Dombivali recorded a CEPI Score of 69.67, making it a “Severely Polluted Area.” The Writ Petition emphasized that MPCB undertakes environmental quality monitoring twice a year and publishes reports with updated CEPI Scores. As a result, and as per the monitoring undertaken for December 2024–February 2025, the CEPI Score for the Kalyan Dombivali region has seen a substantial decrease wherein it recorded a CEPI Score of 44.5. Therefore, the Kalyan Dombivali region no longer fell under the category of Critically or Severely Polluted Areas.
The Hon’ble Court was pleased to dispose of the Writ Petition by directing the State SEAC to consider proposals for environmental clearance in Kalyan Dombivali on the basis of the current CEPI Score published by the MPCB within 8 weeks from the date of the Order.
The Trilegal Dispute Resolution Team advising on the matter was led by Samit Shukla (Partner), and supported by Saakshi Saboo (Senior Associate) and Vaibhavi Bhalerao (Associate).
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