The day (Wednesday) has arrived for the HC-appointed committee to present its report on whether the Esplanade Mansion could be restored, but they are yet to submit it – thanks to the lack of coordination between the members and MHADA. While one of the members visited the heritage structure last week, the other two are still awaiting permission from MHADA to enter the premises.

The committee of independent architects was formed on December 2. Division bench of justices S J Kathawalla and B P Colabawalla had initially picked structural architect Chetan Raikar and conservation architects Abha Narain Lambah and Vikas Dilawari as members. However, Dilawari later backed out citing personal reasons and conservation architect Pankaj Joshi replaced him last week.