At a time when the simmering dispute over Jinnah House in Malabar Hill still awaits the courts verdict, the state government has decided to dispose of six properties that are the remaining vestiges of Partition in Mumbai.
The property once belonged to the Currimbhoy Ebrahim family, leading mill-owners of Mumbai in the pre-Independence days. In the 1950s it was declared as evacuee property and passed over to the Custodian of Evacuee Property. Several years and court petitions down the line it was transferred to its current landlord, the state government.
For almost three decades now, the state government has been maintaining these properties. The Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority was asked to attend to the repairs of these structures, said an official from the state revenue department. He added that following the repeal of the Displaced Persons Act in 2005, the state government has now mooted a proposal to auction the properties on as is where is basis. The proposal will soon be placed before the cabinet.
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