The Bombay High Court today asked officials of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation and Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (Mhada) to hold a joint meeting with the owner and tenants of century-old heritage building 'Esplanade Mansion' in south Mumbai that has been declared dilapidated.
A division bench of Justices V M Kanade and B P Colabawalla was hearing a petition filed by one of the tenants and advocate Ashok Sarogi challenging the eviction notice issued by MHADA Repair Board on June 1 this year directing the tenants to vacate as the building is dilapidated and dangerous.
According to the petition, it is a heritage building and the owners are interested in re-developing it.
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The bench today sought from MHADA a report which says that the building is dilapidated and beyond repairs and hence dangerous to occupy.
Sarogi argued that the building can be repaired in a phased manner without any tenant vacating the premises.
The bench then directed BMC, MHADA to hold a meeting with the owner and tenants of the building. BMC has been asked to submit a report on June 19.
The petition has sought quashing of the eviction notice dated June 1, 2015 and also a direction to the owner of the building and MHADa to issue No Objection Certificate for repair of the building.