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Mr. Rohit Mehta
I am very grateful to the BCAS RTI Clinic for providing me the correct advice as regards the manner in which the RTI application/appeal is to be filed. Based on the advice provided I had filed the requisite applications/ appeals with the relevant authorities.
I am a co-owner of a building of which the ground floor was let out to tenants. The said tenants had carried out unauthorised and illegal construction without our permission. Various complaints were filed with the concerned authorities but there was no response. As suggested by one of my colleagues I visited the RTI Clinic operated by your esteemed society at New Marine Lines. I discussed the problem with Mr. A. K. Asher who advised me to file applications under the RTI Act with the various BMC Wards, the manner in which I should go and collect general information in respect of rules and regulations pertaining to construction of loft/mezzanine floor, etc. He also advised me that under the RTI Act it is possible for a citizen to make inspection of files and demand copies of inspection reports. Accordingly I applied for copies of inspection reports and other documents.
Being aggrieved by the incomplete and evasive replies given by the PIOs, first appeals were filed after due consultation. I was directed to take up the matter with the Building & Factory Departments, ‘D’ Ward office. Finally the Assistant Engineer (B & F) ‘D’ ward directed the tenant to restore the unauthorised work i.e., convert the mezzanine floor to loft within seven days from the date of the said letter. Further, a showcause notice u/s. 351 of the Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act has been issued to the tenant as to why the unauthorised work should not be pulled down.
I would like to sincerely thank BCAS-RTI Clinic and Mr. A. K. Asher for providing me all the assistance and support in relation to the above matter.
