Metropolitan court asks for completion of investigation by December 30.
In a new development in the Campa Cola residents’ fight against developers, a metropolitan court has instructed the Worli police to register an FIR and carry out a probe against the builders concerned. The 62nd Court in Dadar gave a decision in this regard while hearing a case filed by one of the occupants, Rajiv Chawla. Metropolitan magistrate Dinesh Kothilikar ordered cops to complete probe by December 30.
Chawla had listed Pure Drinks Pvt Ltd as accused number one, its late director Charanjit Singh, M/s PSB Construction Company Ltd and its directors – late Mohammed Yusuf Patel, Moinuiddin Tayab Soni, BK Gupta, Manmohan Singh Bhasin, Jayant Tipnis and Madanjit Singh, a constituted attorney Of Charanjit Singh as the accused in his complaint.
Hearing the case, the magistrate reportedly said that the developers induced Chawla to purchase a flat despite knowing the civic body had not approved the building’s plans, hence cheating flat owners. The court noted that the accused also created false documents amounting to a cognizable offence.
Asked to leave the buildings by November 11, the residents have been pushing the BMC to act against the developers.
“The case is a classic example of how the accused have brazenly violated municipal laws of construction and have acted in collusion with each other, dragging in innocent flat purchasers as complainant,” said Chawla. With the court having ordered police to probe the developers, residents are now hopeful of the guilty being punished. “If these developers are convicted, then it will send a deterrent message amongst other developers against fooling innocent buyers,” said a resident of Esha Ekta apartments.
The SC had in February this year ordered to bring down unauthorized flats owing to FSI violations.
The BMC had then served a 48-hour evacuation notice to the occupants of 99 illegal flats. After rejection of their plea by the HC, the residents moved the SC, which on May 2 gave them a five-month period to evacuate.
The residents’ review petition in the matter is yet to be heard. When the residents approached the court in October again, the SC extended the period by another month, ending November 11.
Left in the lurch
On receiving evacuation notices by the BMC, residents of Campa Cola had immediately approached the Bombay high court seeking a stay on the BMC’s notice. However, the HC had rejected their pleas.
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