Police have registered a case against five former municipal commissioners of the Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation (KDMC) in Maharashtra's Thane district along with 13 others for allegedly allowing development of a property in contravention of rules, an official said on Friday.

The case was filed at Bazarpeth police station in Kalyan division late night on Thursday based on the directions given on January 18 by a local court, he said. The court in Kalyan had said that prima facie, a case is made out against the 18 persons on a complaint lodged by a former independent corporator of the KDMC - Arun Geeth.