In Brief
The Pune Municipal Corporation challenged a High Court order that had set aside a 1987 Government Notification reserving land for a bus depot, on the ground that changing the reservation from 'parking' to 'bus depot' without fresh public notice violated town planning law. The Supreme Court held that such a change does not constitute a substantial modification requiring fresh objections under the Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act, 1966. Since objections had already been invited in 1982 for the parking reservation, and the shift to bus depot (both public purposes) was not fundamental, no fresh notice was necessary. The Court allowed the appeal, reasoning that statutory obligations to re-advertise apply only to substantial changes, not routine modifications within the same category of public amenity.
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