Mumbai, May 6 -- The Bombay high court on Monday directed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) to survey a playground in Oshiwara and ascertain if a mosque and madrassa had been constructed there illegally. A division bench of chief justices Alok Aradhe and Makarand Karnik issued the directions while determining a plea by Kunika Sadanand, convenor of the Andheri Versova Residents' Association. According to the petition, the playground, located behind Prateeksha Nagar Municipal School, is spread over 10,261 sqm. The land was originally owned by the Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (Mhada) and was transferred to the BMC in 1989. Subsequently, the BMC allotted a small portion of the plot for beautification to a trust. In 2009, the Markazul Ma' Arif Education and Research Center, a religious trust, allegedly illegally constructed a mosque and madrassa over 3,260 sqm on the playground. Residents made representations to various authorities regarding the illegal construction but got no relief. Meanwhile, a wall adjoining the school was broken to create a for thoroughfare to the mosque, making it difficult to execute monsoon preparedness works. The illegal construction persisted despite a 2016 high court order, the plea stated....