India, June 28 -- The Bombay high court on Wednesday ordered the eviction of 48 slum dwellers, who had kept on hold a slum rehabilitation scheme meant for 689 hutment dwellers by challenging the authority of the Slum Rehabilitation Authority (SRA) to evict them.

The case arose out of a slum rehabilitation project under the Maharashtra Slum Areas (Improvement, Clearance and Redevelopment) Act, 1971, which dealt with 689 slum dwellers at the Aman Shanti Co-op Society. Out of this, 645 were declared eligible for rehabilitation, with 641 already vacating the premises to facilitate the construction.

The SRA delegated a tehsildar to evict the remaining occupants. The tehsildar on August 22, 2024 passed an order, directing the occupants to han...