4 Mhada hsg socs can choose cable operators

Mumbai: The Bombay high court on Monday allowed four housing societies in a Mhada cluster at Kurla to appoint th-eir own cable service provider. 

    A division bench of Justice S J Vazifdar and Justice Mridula Bhatkar gave the order after hearing a petition filed by the societies at Nehru Nagar that claimed that Mhada, along with police help, attempted to forcibly cut off their cable connections on August 6, 2012. The petition stated that despite the residents having appointed their own cable operator, the Mhada estate manager insisted that they would have to switch to another provider for TV and internet services. 
    The societies learnt that Mhada wanted to implement its 2002 policy to invite tenders from cable operators for areas where their buildings were situated. "If such policies are allowed… Mhada will come up with its own milkmen, newspaper vendors etc," said the petition. The housing societies stated that in July 2009, the HC had admitted a petition by a housing society challenging the policy and directed Mhada not to implement it.