1. ) CHONG HOE CHIN 2. ) YEO MING SHEN 3. ) TAN HWA TENG 4. ) KHOO PEI SIME 5. ) HO HOO YEEN 6. ) MUHAMAD FITRI BIN MUHAMAD ZIN 7. ) HONG CHIA NEE 8. ) HONG CHEE WEI 9. ) SITI SUHANA BINTI MOHAMED ALI 10. ) YOONG SAI SIENG 11. ) MOK CHAN SING 12. ) LI LI YEN 13. ) KOH CHEE PENG 14. ) LOKE CHEE CHEONG 15. ) DANNY LOH BOON MING 16. ) LAI LEE FANG 17. ) NUR IZATY BINTI MOHD SUHAIMI 18. ) SYAHRUDDIN BIN KATDERI 19. ) SEE FANG YEE 20. ) NORMAH BINTI JANTAN 21. ) NORIFAH BINTI WAHAB 22. ) CHONG AH ...
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Judicial review — Order 53 rule 3(6) Rules of Court 2012 — Time limit — When grounds first arose — Objective test — Knowledge of operative contractual effect — Later discovery of administrative letter — Failure to seek extension — Jurisdictional bar. Judicial review — Consistent application of limitation — Distinction between contractual incorporation and subsequent administrative decision — Different factual matrices — Application of same legal test. Housing development — Schedule H agreement — Statutory contract — Modification of delivery period — Extension from 36 months to 48 months — Pre-Ang Ming Lee approval — Contractual effect. Administrative law — Prospective overruling — Federal Court decision in Ang Ming Lee — Non-retrospective effect — Application of Obata-Ambak Holdings Sdn Bhd v Prema Bonanza Sdn Bhd & Other Appeals [2024] 8 CLJ 519 (Federal Court) — Preservation of pre-decision approvals. Administrative law — Limits of prospective overruling — Distinction between invalidity and retrospective disruption — Legal certainty — Reliance — Regulated housing framework. Administrative law — Nullity — Effect of unlawful administrative act — Whether void decisions may be disregarded — Requirement for judicial quashing — Operative effect until set aside. Administrative law — Supervisory jurisdiction — Illegality, irrationality, procedural impropriety — Independent public law grounds — Limits of Obata-Ambak. Covid-19 legislation — Temporary Measures for Reducing the Impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) Act 2020 (Act 829) — Sections 35 and 38C — Exclusion of time — Separate statutory regime — Distinction from housing extension approvals. Administrative decision-making — Ministerial discretion — Whether decision made by Minister or communicated by Housing Controller — Distinction between decision-maker and communicator — Validity of administrative communication. Natural justice — Procedural fairness — Right to be heard — Absence of express statutory requirement — Large class of affected persons — Emergency statutory context — Application of Bludream City Development Sdn Bhd v Kong Thye & Ors and Other Appeals [2022] 2 CLJ 829 (Court of Appeal). Judicial review — Prejudice — Whether absence of hearing causes real prejudice — Foreseeable objection — No actionable unfairness. Housing development — Liquidated ascertained damages (LAD) — Recalculation of completion period — Effect of extensions and statutory exclusions — Failure to displace operative contractual period. Judicial review — Discretionary relief — Certiorari — Refusal despite alleged defect — Completed transactions — Third-party reliance — Stability of housing arrangements. Costs — Judicial review — Multiple applicants — Avoidance of oppressive costs multiplication — Single consolidated costs order — Exercise of discretion.
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