The Bombay High Court on Friday stayed the work allotted to two contractors by the civic body, against whom it (BMC) had registered a first investigation report. The court observed, "No irregularities can be carried out in allotment of contracts without the active and passive participation of officials of the BMC." The interim stay will be on till the hearing on June 9.

A bench of Justices Bhushan Gavai and Dr Shalini Phansalkar Joshi was hearing a public interest litigation filed by Jayashree Khadilkar Pandey, demanding a stay on the contracts allotted to J Kumar Infrastructure and RPS Infrastructure.