Residents of Signature View Apartments in Mukherjee Nagar, which is ready for demolition after an IIT Delhi audit declared it ‘structurally unsafe’, have requested the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to increase the deadline to vacate their flats to October 1, citing issue to find rented lodging at brief discover.

The request follows the MCD’s order to disconnect civic companies between August 10 and 20. In a letter to the MCD’s Civil Lines zone, the Residents’ Welfare Association (RWA) urged Tata Power, Delhi Jal Board, and Indraprastha Gas to defer disconnection of companies till October. “This would enable residents to vacate in a dignified method,” stated Gaurav Pandey, secretary of the RWA’s managing committee.

The RWA identified that even the Delhi Development Authority (DDA), in its May 1 commonplace working process and proposal doc, had allowed 60 days to vacate the premises and set September 30 because the deadline.

After 9 residents of the constructing approached the Delhi High Court on August 7, it restrained the DDA and MCD from taking coercive motion till August 25, however clarified that these staying on would accomplish that at their very own danger.

Mr. Pandey cited delays by the DDA. Of the 336 flats, 140 have been vacated, however the hire paperwork of many residents haven’t been processed, he stated. 

Published – August 18, 2025 01:31 am IST

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