After IAS officers Aseem Gupta and Pallavi Darade's recent refusal to vacate their official residences despite ending their tenures at the civic body, it is now the turn of Dr Sanjay Mukherjee who has been transferred to the Directorate of Medical Education and Research (DMER) in September last year. In a relief to civic officials though, he has written to the BMC promising to vacate the Malabar Hill house within two months owing to his child's exams and has been allowed to do so.

FDA commissioner Pallavi Darade was transferred out of the BMC in 2017 but continued to stay in the official residence. mid-day had last month reported how she would be able to skip eviction as her husband, IRS officer Pravin Darade has been transferred to the civic headquarters.