India, Dec. 1 -- A contempt petition has been filed in the Bombay High Court against the state government for allegedly "wilfully disobeying" a previous order. The order directed the Kalyan Dombivali Municipal Corporation (KDMC) to demolish 65 illegal buildings in the region within three months and required the civic body to provide police assistance to move the occupants.

A division bench of chief justice Shree Chandrashekhar and justice Gautam Ankhad on November 20 directed the petitioner, Sandeep Pandurang Patil, an architect, to file an affidavit naming all the owners or tenants of the 65 buildings. The court will hear the matter on December 18.

Patil had approached the court in October, claiming that the authorities had not complie...