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Clerical Correction

2 articlesLatest July 2026
MOFA Section 11 | Competent Authority Cannot Amend Deemed Conveyance via Corrigendum to Allocate Proportionate Recreational Area: Bombay HC
Case Law Analysis
|Bombay High Court

MOFA Section 11 | Competent Authority Cannot Amend Deemed Conveyance via Corrigendum to Allocate Proportionate Recreational Area: Bombay HC

The Bombay High Court has ruled that once a deemed conveyance certificate is issued under MOFA, the Competent Authority becomes functus officio and cannot later alter property allocations-such as proportionate shares in recreational space-through a corrigendum. This clarifies that clerical corrections under MOFA cannot resolve substantive disputes over land division, protecting societies and developers from post-conveyance administrative overreach.

Functus Officio Doctrine | Post-Finalization Insertion of Interest in Recovery Certificate Not Permissible as Clerical Correction : Bombay HC
Case Law Analysis
|Bombay High Court

Functus Officio Doctrine | Post-Finalization Insertion of Interest in Recovery Certificate Not Permissible as Clerical Correction : Bombay HC

The Bombay High Court has ruled that once a recovery certificate is issued, the authority becomes functus officio and cannot later insert interest without a fresh adjudication, even if the interest was mathematically calculable. This reinforces that clerical corrections cannot substantively alter liability, protecting borrowers from unilateral administrative expansion of debt beyond the original order.