(Per Sandeep V. Marne, J.)
1) Rule. Rule is made returnable forthwith. With the
consent of learned counsel appearing for rival parties, the petition
is taken for final hearing and disposal.
2) Petitioner has filed the present petition in this Court
challenging the communication dated 27 May 2015 issued by
Maharashtra Airport Development Company Limited cancelling
the Letter of Acceptance (LOA) dated 5 April 2007 and forfeiting
the advance amount of Rs. 10.29 crores.
3) Petitioner-Wipro Limited (Wipro) is a global
technology services provider and consulting company. With a
view to remove the regional disparity in the State of Maharashtra,
the State Government decided to develop a composite project
named Multi Modal International Passenger and Cargo Hub
Airport at Nagpur (MIHAN). The aim of the project was to
develop the existing domestic airport at Nagpur into an
international passenger and cargo hub airport along with a Special
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Economic Zone (SEZ) adjoining the boundary of the airport.
Accordingly, the State Government constituted Maharashtra
Airport Development Company Limited (MADC) for the purpose
of planning, constructing, operating, developing and maintaining
aviation infrastructure in the State of Maharashtra. Respondent
No. 1 is declared as a Special Planning Authority for the notified
area under the provisions of Maharashtra Regional and Town
Planning Act, 1966. MIHAN is the flagship project of Respondent
No. 1, which is undertaken under the provisions of SEZ Act, 2005
and SEZ Rules, 2006. For implementing MIHAN project,
Respondent No. 1 decided to acquire large tract of land near
Nagpur Airport and after developing the same, allotment of such
developed land was planned for setting up inter alia industries.
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