Bhayander Land Dispute: Days After Meeting PM Narendra Modi, Schoolmate Asgarali Vohra Gets Disputed Land Back From BJP MLA

Following a direct complaint to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a major plot dispute involving BJP MLA Narendra Mehta from Mira-Bhayandar has taken a new turn. Amid the growing controversy, the Mehta-linked Seven Eleven Constructions Pvt. Ltd. has surrendered its commencement certificate and building construction permission for the disputed portion of land to the Mira-Bhayandar Municipal Corporation (MBMC).

The development came days after 81-year-old Asgar Ali Vora, a Mira Road resident who claims to have studied with PM Modi at BN School in Vadnagar, met the Prime Minister on September 8 and sought his intervention in the dispute, along with a CBI probe.

The disputed land is located at Survey No. 240 in the Indralok area of Bhayandar East, Navghar. Vora claims that he and his brother acquired around 2,810 square metres of the land in 1989 through a registered agreement and never sold or transferred it.

Vora has alleged that Swayam Builders and Seven Eleven Constructions, which is linked to Mehta, took over the property in 2011 using allegedly forged documents that divided the plot. However, Mehta's side maintains that Seven Eleven legitimately purchased a 1,405-square-metre portion of the land from Mervyn Fernandes through a registered deed dated June 13, 2019.

Following Vora's persistent complaints, the Revenue Department had earlier removed the company's name from the 7/12 land extract. However, the MBMC had not revoked the construction permission, prompting Vora to approach PM Modi.

A meeting was subsequently convened at Mantralaya on September 15 by Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister Shrikar Pardeshi. Vora, Narendra Mehta, Mira-Bhayandar Municipal Commissioner Radha Binod Sharma and town planner Purushottam Shinde attended the meeting.

Amid the escalating dispute, Seven Eleven Constructions Pvt. Ltd. submitted a letter to the MBMC's Town Planning Department on September 13, surrendering the commencement certificate and construction permission issued on April 17, 2026, for the disputed portion.

The company maintained that it had legitimately purchased the land from the original owner through a registered deed in 2019 and had subsequently secured building approval. However, citing the ongoing ownership dispute, it stated that it was surrendering the permission and requested a refund of the fees paid to the corporation.

MBMC officials have said that a formal hearing will be conducted in accordance with regulations concerning the land ownership dispute and the surrender of the construction permission. The hearing was scheduled for September 16.

The dispute also involves an earlier police complaint. A 2015 complaint by the other side accused Vora and his associate Ajay Dhokha of criminal trespass and intimidation. Seven Eleven had also sought police action against Vora and Dhokha in FIR No. 0593, registered at Navghar Police Station on December 12, 2025, over alleged trespassing.

In a fresh development, Seven Eleven Constructions Pvt. Ltd. wrote to the Mira-Bhayandar Vasai-Virar (MBVV) Police Commissioner seeking withdrawal of the FIR and related complaints. The company stated that the two sides had reached a mutual settlement over the land and requested that the complaints and charges be withdrawn.

Narendra Mehta has also maintained that the issue has been resolved.

The surrender of the construction permission marks a sudden turn in a dispute that has continued for around 15 years. While Vora maintains that he never sold or transferred the land, Mehta's side continues to rely on the 2019 registered purchase deed from Mervyn Fernandes.

The latest development concerns the specific Survey No. 240 plot in Bhayandar East. It is separate from other land-related controversies involving Mehta that have been reported in the Mira-Bhayandar area, including matters concerning tribal land transfers and metro-related acquisition.

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