After two days of high drama, the residents of the Campa Cola society in Mumbai's Worli area can heave a sigh of relief after the Supreme Court stayed demolition of illegal flats at the complex. Even as the apex court took suo moto cognizance of the matter and passed an order staying the demolition till May 31, 2014 giving seven more months to the Campa Cola society residents to vacate the flats, questions have also been raised over the conduct of the occupants.

Not everybody is convinced that the residents of the Campa Cola society were unaware of the illegality. The BMC had issued its first stop work notice in 1984 after the developers built beyond the permitted limit of five floors. Another stop work notice was subsequently issued in 1986..