Parsi Punchayat allowed to allot flats in Mumbai

Q: The Bombay Parsi Punchayat won a major pardon when the charity commissioner removed its stay on allotment of flats to deserving community members.

Ramesk Polekar, Mumbai

4th December 2015

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Now, as per the BPP trustee, priority would be given to those who have no accommodation or like a family residing in a notorious red-light area of the city. They are not in hurry and will first frame a transparent, open housing policy for that.

Rajiv,

4th December 2015

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Right Rajiv,
Earlier, the panchayat has been criticized for auctioning its flats to the highest bidder. Rich Parsis managed to corner apartments in baugs, which were built almost a century ago to reside poor community members.

Manilal Patel, Mumbai

4th December 2015

Community has raised an issue at the landmark Cusrow Baug at Colaba, apartments which were auctioned for nearly Rs. 5 crore each few yrs back. These flats are not sold, but given on leave-and-licence to the highest bidder. The BPP claimed that the money raised from such auctions is used to pay a subsidy to housing for the less-privileged in the community.

Rajiv,

4th December 2015

@Rajiv,
And the allotment stopped after BPP trustees filed complaints against each other. It all started in 2013, when four of the seven trustees filed complaints against Punchayet chairman Dinshaw Mehta, alleging corruption.

Manilal Patel, Mumbai

4th December 2015

Yes, as per the latest report over 200 flats will be freed up. The panchayat has a waiting list of close to 1000 applicants, but Randeria considers that those actually deserving would be around 500 to 600.

Rajiv,

4th December 2015

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Hi Rajiv,
It is not just the builders in Mumbai who have stocks of flats lying vacant with them. Over 120 flats with the Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP) have been lying vacant for almost a year now. These houses are given to the needy in the community on priority basis, but fighting among the trustees has led to the flats unused.

shaina,

4th December 2015