A bench of Justices RD Dhanuka and Kamal Khata was informed on Tuesday by the BMC that the company owned by Rane’s family could file a second application for regularisation which would be considered by the civic body in accordance with the provisions of existing acts and regulations.
The Bench, however, was not pleased with the stand as the earlier regularisation application had not only been rejected by BMC on merits but the same had been upheld by the High Court in a detailed order.
“Does the order passed by this Court have no sanctity? This will be never ending. Once an order has been passed by this court, again you take a different stand. Is BMC above the court?” the Bench demanded.
After hearing the petition extensively, the Bench concluded that since there seemed to be no opposition by the civic body, it was upon them to consider whether such unauthorised construction could be allowed by the authority or not.
“Where is the opposition by the public body? We will take up the task to decide whether a civic body can allow unauthorised construction. Closed for orders,” the Bench said.
Source: Barandbench
