MUMBAI, June 15 -- After a 30-year stint with Mumbai police, Sayajirao Phadtare was compelled to move his family to Satara in 2015 as he had no place to call his own in the city. After participating in the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority's (Mhada) lottery in 1994, Phadtare, now 70, won a plot in Malvani, Malad, but has been fighting alongside 299 others for over 30 years to claim the space. Despite a Supreme Court (SC) clearance, the 300 families, who were allotted the plots 32 years ago are yet to get permission to construct their houses, allegedly due to the high handedness of Mhada officials who, they say, are causing delays citing Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) norms. "We will approach SC again next week with a plea to act against the concerned Mhada officials for contempt of court," said Arjun Desai, secretary of one of the seven societies of the plot holders. "I was 22 years old when I won the lottery. I was waiting to get the plot in order to get married but after a long wait I had to buy a flat in Gorai because I could not postpone my wedding," said Desai, who had won a 21-square-meter plot. The plot scheme in Malvani was formulated by the housing authority in 1991, under a World Bank-assisted Bombay Urban Development Project (BUDP) project, much before it started selling self-contained accommodations....