The legal tussle between Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM/BMC) and the trustees of a Borivli-based school regarding the latter's demolition has now reached the apex court after the Bombay High Court dismissed the writ petition that had challenged its notice issued on July 4, 2014. The notice had directed the school to close classes from Std I to IV in the primary school on the grounds that the primary school was established without obtaining any permission from the competent authority. Around 130 students study in the primary section here.

One of the trustees of Mother Education Trust, Sean De Silva, told mid-day that Our Lady of Vailankanni Primary School is around 40 years old. "The land was in a no-development zone and we thought that it would take time to obtain development permission and thus applied to 'The land was in a no-development zone and we thought that it would take time to obtain development permission and thus applied to Deputy Commissioner GR Khairnar of the civic body for permission to construct temporary sheds for 10 classrooms. He granted verbal permission for temporary sheds after which we commenced construction," De Silva told mid-day.