Continued from page 01 SOODu2019S application for requisite permissions had not been approved for over a year- and- a- half owing to various technicalities pointed out by civic officials. The approval given on February 7 comes less than a month after Lokayukta demanded to know why necessary action was not taken. mid- day had reported in January and February, 2019 about the residential premises being used as lodging and boarding without necessary permissions. Each time Sood applied for clearance, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation ( BMC) pointed out flaws.

Activist Ganesh Kusumulu approached the Lokayukta over lack of action against the building, after which the K West ward was sent a notice on January 16. On January 18, the Building Proposal ( BP) department forwarded Soodu2019s application to its head while the K West ward office sent the actor a demolition notice on February 4. On February 7, the civic chief approved Soodu2019s application.