MOHAMMED JSC (Delivering the Lead Judgment): The proceedings in this matter were commenced by an application for judicial review wherein the appellants as plaintiffs/applicants claimed against the respondents who were the defendants/respondents to the application, the following reliefs:
“1(i) An order of mandamus directed to the Town Planning Authority of Lagos State to compel the said Town Planning Authority to demolish or give orders for the demolition of the buildings on the property located at No. 14A, Idowu Martins, Victoria Island, Lagos forthwith or (in the alternative) after service of necessary notice or as the court should direct;
(ii) A declaration that the occupation of the buildings located at Nos. 14A and 14B, Idowu Martins Street, Victoria Island, Lagos by the 2nd respondent (Mega Investments Limited) through its tenants, licensees, or other persons constitutes a contravention of regulation 29(1) of the Town and Country Planning (Building Plan) Regulation, Cap. 188, Laws…