The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation will evict the residents of Mumbai's Campa Cola Compound on Wednesday, a day after the Supreme Court had dismissed a fresh plea against the demolition of the compound.



The Campa Cola Residents Association had filed a new petition to stop the demolition on the grounds that BMC be allowed to regularise the 35 illegal floors across seven buildings in the Worli society.

In May, the apex court had maintained a November 2013 order, which fixed the deadline of May 31 for Campa Cola Compound residents to vacate their unauthorised houses. However, the Supreme Court agreed last week to hear a plea by the residents again, following which the residents requested the civic body to give them time until the hearing.

"Allow the present writ petition filed by the petitioner Association before this Hon'ble Court and issue writ of Mandamus or Certiorari or any other appropriate writ or directions, directing the respondents not to demolish the building or take any other coercive steps till the outcome of the present writ petition," the plea had said.

It said the association has come across certain facts, which never came out, under the Right to Information Act and they (facts) warrant fresh hearing of the case. The plea said the state and the civic body, way back in 1985 and 1986, had decided to regularise the illegal construction.

"Direct the respondents to adhere to their decisions of regularising the construction as revealed from the letters dated 3 July 1986 and minutes of meeting dated 23 July 1985...," it said.

The court, on 19 November, last year, had asked the flats owners at the society to vacate their houses by 31 May as no specific proposal could be worked out to provide them space in the compound for construction of new building.

Earlier, on 27 February, last year, it had ordered the municipal body to demolish the illegal flats. Later, on 1 October, it refused to re-consider the earlier order and set 11 November, last year as the deadline to vacate 102 illegal flats.