MUMBAI: The dispute between Adarsh Cooperative Housing Society and the MMRDA over revocation of the tower's Occupation Certificate (OC) may be resolved only in court. MMRDA sources told TOI that they have yet to receive the legal notice that the Adarsh society had allegedly sent, on Monday, to MMRDA commissioner Ratnakar Gaikwad saying that the agency should desist from taking any "illegal" action such as revoking the OC until the society was given a chance to present its case. "Even if we receive it, we will refer it to the state Urban Development (UD) department, which had asked us to revoke the OC. We are only following government orders. We will take the legal opinion of state lawyers on the matter," said the source.

The revocation of OC has led to BEST cutting power supply to the building, and the BMC withdrawing water and sewage disposal facilities , "forcing" several occupants to vacate their flats. "The matter may come up in regular court which opens on November 15," said a senior MMRDA official. According to officials, MMRDA can revoke an OC as per Section 154 of MRTP Act without issuing any show-cause notice if it is found that the documents submitted by the society fail to meet the required criteria.