The 31-storey scam-tainted Adarsh housing society, built at Colaba in posh South Mumbai for Kargil war heros and widows, will not be demolished with the Supreme Court yesterday asking the Centre to secure it after taking its possession from the housing society by August 5.
The 31-storey scam-tainted Adarsh housing society, built at Colaba in posh South Mumbai for Kargil war heros and widows, will not be demolished with the Supreme Court yesterday asking the Centre to secure it after taking its possession from the housing society by August 5.
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On the persistence of the Adarsh Housing Society that the Bombay High Court decision ordering demolition be stayed, a bench comprising Justices J Chelemeswar and AM Sapre said that the word ‘secure’ meant that there will be no razing.
“We will secure the building and the land and there will be no demolition,” Solicitor General Ranjit Kumar, appearing for the Centre, assured the bench which also issued notices on a batch of pleas, filed against the High Court order, by the housing society and some allottees.
“Issue notice. There shall be no interim order... except the fact that the Government of India will take possession of the building in question and secure it within one week from today [Friday],” said the bench and later extended time till August 5, saying the possession be handed over on or before the date fixed.
It asked the Registrar General of the Bombay High Court to ensure that either he or another Registrar, nominated by him, supervises the handing over of the possession of the building.
Simultaneously, an inventory of documents of the housing Society pertaining to the apartments be prepared and be handed over to the housing society to enable him to pursue its legal battles in various courts of law, the bench said.
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