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The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday stuck to the May 31 deadline for removing illegal structures in Mumbai’s Campa Cola colony, following the statement of Attorney-General G E Vahanvati that “no specific proposal can be given” to rescue the residential buildings.
The residents of the unauthorised compound have been given six weeks to give an undertaking to vacate the premises.
Those who fail to do so will face action by the civic body.
There was some hope for nearly a hundred families that their flats would not be demolished by the corporation when the attorney general last week had proposed a formula to solve the tussle between the residents and the corporation.
However, the bench headed by Justice G S Singhvi retained its earlier deadline after the law officer’s latest submission.
Some weeks ago, the demolition squad of the corporation had almost started its work, but on an urgent application by the residents, the deadline was extended by the SC, leading to joyful scenes by the residents who had launched a campaign to save the buildings in upmarket metropolis.
