BMC issues stop-work notice for salon-spa at Ajay Devgn's Juhu bungalow
K-West ward halted work after society residents objected to commercial use of the actor's residential property.
A dispute has broken out over actor Ajay Devgn's property in Juhu. Work was underway to set up a salon and spa at his bungalow in the Kapol Co-operative Housing Society, and this work is what triggered the dispute. After residents of the society complained, it has come to light that the Mumbai civic body's K-West ward issued a stop-work notice for the premises.
According to the civic body, no permission had been granted by the K-West ward for commercial use of the premises. The owners had been asked to submit the required documents in this regard. However, since these documents were not submitted in time, the civic body sent a notice to halt the work, officials clarified.
Ajay Devgn had rented out one of his properties in the Kapol Co-operative Housing Society. After learning that the premises would be used for a salon and spa, residents of the society objected. The society says it wrote to the Devgn family asking for documents proving that the premises could be legally used commercially for a salon-spa, but received no response from the family.
An official of the K-West ward said permission for commercial use of the premises had not been granted by the civic body. After the society's complaint, documents were sought from the owners, but since these were not submitted, a stop-work notice was issued.
The Devgn family, for its part, has said that all permissions and approvals required for the proposed use of the premises have been duly obtained from the concerned authorities in the proper manner. Ruchi Kanojia, Chief Legal and Compliance Officer in Ajay Devgn's team, said the necessary permissions and approvals for the proposed use of the premises had been obtained properly from the concerned authorities.
The Devgn family has sought four weeks' time to respond in this matter. The matter has now also reached the Co-operative department, with further action reportedly under way based on the society's complaint.
In this entire dispute, the society's main objection is not to the property being rented out, but to whether a property in a residential society can be put to commercial use. Stating that the society is entirely residential, it has asked whether, apart from civic and legal permissions, the bungalow can be used for commercial purposes at all.
The matter has drawn attention because of the BMC notice, the society's complaint and the permissions cited by the Devgn family. It remains to be seen what decision emerges from this dispute based on the relevant documents and permissions.
