The apex court accepted the Maharashtra government's submission that as per the 2001 resolution, no demolition can be carried out during the monsoon period from June-September.
In a relief to more than 20,000 residents of of Navi Mumbai's Digha village, the Supreme Court on Wednesday restrained the authorities from carrying out any demolition of illegal buildings till July 31.
The apex court accepted the Maharashtra government's submission that as per the 2001 resolution, no demolition can be carried out during the monsoon period from June-September.
There are 99 apartments in Digha village that houses more than 20,000 people. The Bombay High Court had fixed a deadline till May 31 for demolition of illegal structures.
The residents, however, moved the high court for extension of the deadline but the court declined their plea on June 9, against which they have approached the apex court.
The high court had earlier rejected the state government's policy on the issue and the government is yet to come out with a new policy. A vacation bench comprising justices Adarsh Kumar Goel and L Nageswara Rao also gave its nod to the state government to come out with a policy for regularising the structures in the Digha village.
Residents of the village had challenged the high court order of last year in which Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) and City and Industrial Development Corporation of Maharashtra Limited (Cidco) were directed to initiate the process of demolition of 99 buildings illegally constructed in the village.
The counsel appearing for the residents said the court had ordered to vacate the buildings right before monsoon season which would render them homeless.
Maharashtra government's counsel Nishant Katneswarker supported the stand of residents and said there were 99 buildings in the area in which thousands of people were living.
He further informed the court that according to the resolution passed by the state government in 2001, demolition drive cannot be carried out in the state during monsoon season from June 1 to September 30.
The counsel further said the state government was contemplating a concrete policy for regularising the structures.
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