In the wake of a Supreme Court order denying relief to the residents of two buildings in Nerul, the future of 160-odd families is in limbo. The structures were constructed on plots reserved by the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC) for gardens. As the families have been ordered by the apex court to vacate their flats within six months, they have urged the NMMC chief to intervene and hand over the land to them after charging the land cost.

The five-storey Krishna Complex and six-storey Trimurti Park buildings were built on plot numbers 148 and 149 in Nerul’s sector 16A in 2011. The plots were handed over by the CIDCO to NMMC as they were reserved for gardens. When the handover took place and NMMC officials visited the site, they found that the buildings had sprung up and were fully populated. It was then learnt that a developer, Nilesh Patel, has constructed the buildings along with builders Nilesh Bhagat and Ganesh Bhagat.