India, Sept. 11 -- The Bombay High Court has dismissed a petition seeking the demolition of a house in Ulhasnagar whose construction had been approved by a town planner who was later subjected to disciplinary action, observing that the structure cannot be demolished merely because the officer who granted permission was penalised.

A division bench of justices Bharati Dangre and Ashish Chavan, in a judgement delivered on Monday, said the structure could not be razed "merely because the person who granted permission has been subjected to disciplinary proceedings and some penalty has been imposed upon him, unless and until the corporation declares the structure to be particularly illegal".

The court was hearing a petition filed by Viresh Ma...