India, Oct. 28 -- The Bombay High Court has directed the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (Mhada) to issue a No Objection Certificate (NOC) for the redevelopment of a dilapidated building in Borivali.

"We cannot accept the position that Mhada withholds the NOC when members of the petitioner society are residing in a dilapidated building and it is the legal obligation of the Mhada to grant an NOC in such circumstances, more particularly there being no legal hurdle whatsoever", the division bench of justices Girish Kulkarni and Aarti Sathe ruled on September 30, while warning that officials could not be blamed in case of any untoward incident.

The court was hearing a petition filed by the Borivali Himkanya Co-operative H...