had filed complaints with mhada in june this year idris companywala representing the trust said mhada had handed over the open subplot in layout 6 to a developer and the trust was fighting the issue in court he also denied that the subplot was reserved as a compulsory open space we are the owners of the empty subplots and have documents to prove it these have been submitted to mhada we are awaiting written orders from gawai if they are adverse we will challenge the decision in court he said companywala however refused to show copies of any of the papers to toi residents said the trust in a 1967 letter to the housing commissioner through its solicitors had informed the maharashtra housing board that it was merely an agent for members of the dawoodi bohra community the anjumaneshiate ali has acted all along as an agent to introduce to the board lowincome group members of the dawoodi bohra community it has not acquired and will not acquire any title to the aforesaid plots the proposal of subdivision submitted to you is entirely on behalf of all 57 individuals and two cooperative societies says the letter a copy of which is with toi in 2009 ceo of the mumbai housing board satish bhide reiterated that the subplot of layout 3 was reserved for a garden unscrupulous lowerlevel officials of mhada are responsible for the current mess said a resident