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Residents Urge CM & BMC to Fast-Track 18-Story Highrise in Mumbai

MUMBAI: On Thursday, 34 residents vacated their flats in Tardeo’s Willingdon View housing society, following a Bombay High Court deadline. Local MLA Mangal Prabhat Lodha, along with other residents, met with Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and BMC Commissioner Bhushan Gagrani, urging the swift issuance of the Occupation Certificate (OC) for the upper 18 floors. The High Court had recently declined to extend the August 27 deadline for occupants to leave the upper floors of the 34-story building, which currently lacks OC. According to Assistant Municipal Commissioner of D Ward, Manish Walunju, each floor consists of two flats, some of which…

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HC Orders Residents to Vacate 18-Floor Building in 2 Weeks

MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court has labeled residents of the top 18 floors of the 34-storey Willingdon Heights building in Tardeo as “selfish” for ignoring the need for an occupation certificate (OC). The court has ordered these occupants to vacate their flats within two weeks. A bench led by Justices Girish Kulkarni and Arif Doctor criticized the residents for their “brazen illegality” in occupying flats without the necessary OC. The court instructed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to take action if the order is not followed, stating that these affluent residents are knowingly violating building regulations while evading legal consequences.…