Residents of Thakur Village complained against Raheja Universal for forcefully taking over car parking area – Mumbai.

By Abhay Harish Shah, Realty Quarter

Thakur Village, Kandivali, residents of an elegant building alleged the builder had forcefully seized the parking slots despite a civil court’s residency order to use/sell the disputed parking spaces. They even complained to the police of Samata Nagar that Raheja Universal Private Limited was acting in disregard of the court since it had asked all concerned individuals to wait until the verdict was issued.

Raheja Eternity residents approached the police on Friday after some of the builder’s attempts to break the partition wall separating parking areas. They also mentioned in their complaint to the police, that the presence of bouncers in the building makes women feel uncomfortable.

The building in question is a complex of 20 floors, with 229 apartments in three wings. Residents claim 608 parking spots were allocated according to the original building plans, but the constructor gave them 389.

In November 2017 they filed a case against the builder in the City Civil Court, which had fraudulently allocated the remaining plots to the nearby Raheja Odyssey building.

In December 2017, in a month after the case was brought, the residents lodged the first complaint with the Samata Nagar police.

One of the residents says, “With a stay in the use or further allocation of the disputed car park, the Civil Court gave an order in our favour. The builder then called this decision into question in the High Court and still is a sub-judge. The developer, however, made a temporary office space in the building and set up several bouncers to keep a security guard near the parking space.”

“They cheated us first, and they could not even comply with the court orders now. This week, the police ignored our first complaint. We hope that this one is taken seriously,” said another resident.

On 15th May, the residents also contacted the police with a written complaint about the wall demolition. In addition, the complaint was signed by at least 40 building owners.

But a company spokesperson said the society has the habit of making fake complaints against the developer. “The Samata Nagar Police Station received similar complaints in December 2017. The police submitted a close-out report shortly after it was lodged, as the complaint was civilian in nature. When the RUPL representative talked about the present case, the RUPL said, “The car parks which the society now claims are not part of the pending legal action before the Court of Dindoshi. These parking spots, however, are part of the approved plans for the Odyssey building, which is the neighbouring building.