MUMBAI: The Bombay HC on Monday frowned upon the BMC chief for delay in setting up a panel to decide on recruiting staff to deal with illegal constructions. A bench of Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Revati Mohite-Dere said the civic chief took five weeks to constitute the committee for "such important work".
On April 17, the HC directed the panel to be formed on a PIL by Sayyad Rizvi regarding inaction on his complaints of nearly 3,000 illegal structures on Madh-Marve Road in P North ward (Malad-W). His advocate Diwakar Dwivedi said more constructions have come up after the order. The judges rapped the ward office for carrying out only three site visits. "In Mumbai, you don't have manpower to deal with illegal structures. You could not have waited for telling the court that you have no manpower but moved the government to create the posts," said Justice Oka.
The court said BMC promptly acts when it issues eviction notices at property owners' behest. "When it comes to such structures, you say you don't have staff,"
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