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. ...
Catchwords
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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Ketua Pengarah, Jabatan Perumahan Negara, Kementerian Perumahan Dan Kerajaan Tempatan Respondent POTENSI LESTARI Sdn Bhd Respondent Ahmad Syukri bin Abd Ghapar Applicant Arnie Shazleen binti Abdul Rahman Applicant Aw Soon Keong Applicant Chai Shong Yoong Applicant Chan Wey Shen Applicant Chia Kok Hoong Applicant Chin Hon Fei Applicant Chong Kah Wei Applicant Chong May Lee Applicant Gan May Ping Applicant Goh See Jau Applicant Jennifer Ting Sok Tin Applicant Kong Kah Soon Applicant Lai Shiew Mei Applicant Lee Chong Hwai Applicant Lee Eng Kiat Applicant Lee Kok Heng Applicant Lee Wei Qin Applicant Lee Yoong Sing Applicant Liaw Lin Lee Applicant Lim Hon Yoong Applicant Lim Sheow Chien Applicant Liow Mu Xiang Applicant Marina Tan binti Mohd Ross Tan Applicant Melissa Ting Sok Lin Applicant Mohd Hafiz bin Husni Applicant Muhammad Safuan bin Seth Applicant Nurjannah Zaiha binti Hamzah Applicant Nurul Syazwana binti Suhaimi Applicant Siew Huey Ming Applicant Soh Eng Geok Applicant Syed Mohd Faisal Alhabshi bin Syed Hamed Applicant Tan Ping Applicant Tan Siew Kuan Applicant Tan Wei Ni Applicant Tay Chau Hwee Applicant Teoh Choon Hea Applicant Ting Heng Kai Applicant Wahidanoor bt Wahid Applicant Wong Choon Kit Applicant Wong Kwee Yan Applicant Wong Yee Ling Applicant
Judgment
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