According to the government's affidavit, the approval granted to Bombay Dyeing for modifying its proposal to utilise 33,545 sq m of its 41,895 sq m mill land in Dadar-Naigaon for commercial development by a section officer working in the state's department of Co-operation, Marketing and Textiles was without any authority.u00a0

The affidavit was filed in December last year in response to a petition by Bombay Dyeing and Manufacturing Company Ltd challenging the stop work notice issued by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) in June 2012 following a letter to them by the state government stating that no official approval was granted to the company to modify its proposal.