1. ) GAN MAY PING 2. ) MUHAMMAD SAFUAN BIN SETH 3. ) CHIA KOK HOONG 4. ) SOH ENG GEOK 5. ) KONG KAH SOON 6. ) LIAW LIN LEE 7. ) TEOH CHOON HEA 8. ) SIEW HUEY MING 9. ) CHAN WEY SHEN 10. ) NURJANNAH ZAIHA BINTI HAMZAH 11. ) GOH SEE JAU 12. ) WAHIDANOOR BT WAHID 13. ) TAY CHAU HWEE 14. ) ARNIE SHAZLEEN BINTI ABDUL RAHMAN 15. ) MARINA TAN BINTI MOHD ROSS TAN 16. ) LEE ENG KIAT 17. ) LEE KOK HENG 18. ) CHONG KAH WEI 19. ) LIM HON YOONG 20. ) TAN PING 21. ) LEE YOONG SING 22. ) LEE CHONG HWAI 23. ...

ma-25-9-08-2024 High Court (Mahkamah Tinggi) 27 April 2026 • MA-25-9-08/2024

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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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