In a path-breaking development taking place at the Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP), the four majority Trustees – Chairman Yazdi Desai and Trustees Noshir Dadrawala, Kersi Randeria and Zarir Bhathena – have taken a positive and bold step to resolve the problem of Housing for over 30 families of our community, who were kept waiting to walk into their new homes, choiceless pawns caught in the middle of politics played by the minority. The four majority Trustees are unwilling to be held back any longer from performing their duties, even as Trustees Viraf Mehta and Armaity Tirandaz are trying every possible means to bring the functionality of the BPP to a standstill, especially Housing allotments, immaterial of how this affects the community. However, the four majority Trustees have decided to go ahead, in keeping with requisite legalities, and have registered the documents and started allotment of houses, much to the relief and blessings from beneficiaries who were desperately in need of housing.
Although Trustees Viraf Mehta and Armaity Tirandaz have legally appealed that the Housing allotments and other BPP functions be brought to a grinding halt since a few months, fo90rtunately for the community, the majority Trustees decided that “enough was enough”. They sought legal counsel from a senior partner of the reputed law firm, Mulla and Mulla, and were advised that Clause 32 of the Scheme of Elections (the High Court sanctioned document that lays down the rules under which the Trustees must work) clearly states that the Trustees can take decisions by a majority and the same must be acted upon by all the Trustees, including those who may not have agreed with the decision. The opinion further went on to say that it was in fact the duty of the Trustees to continue their work. The four Trustees have thereby started executing the documents, much to the relief and happiness of the beneficiaries.This has led to an exchange of unpleasant emails with Viraf Mehta writing to BPP’s Housing in-charge and getting a response from the Board of Trustees represented by Noshir Dadrawala. In his mail, Viraf Mehta mentions, “If the above is true then the trustees are guilty of committing various offences including criminal breach of trust. The majority Trustees just by passing a resolution illegally allotting flats without providing me with minutes and reading material cannot legalize an illegal act.” To this, the response reads, “We are here to go forward, not backward. We are here to do what is right and not what is wrong. We are men of courage, not cowards who weave legal webs of deceit. We are men of honesty and honour…”
Earlier in 2014 and 2015, Housing allotments were brought to a standstill after Ex-BPP Chairman, Dinshaw Mehta, refused to let the last Board continue to function without him. With the support of Munchi Cama and Armaity Tirandaz, housing allotments came to a standstill, much to the suffering and heartbreak of hopeful community members who were to receive houses. After the Dadi House scam broke and made headlines in most of the mainstream newspapers, Cama sent a notice demanding that no allotment documents be registered. Despite all the denials and pretensions to the contrary, on that very day Viraf Mehta and Armaity Tirandaz also made the same demand leaving a big question mark over the intentions of the concerned individuals and the possibility of their collusion towards the same end – stoppage of house allotments. As a result, those beneficiaries who had been short-listed were left stranded. These included, in addition to Jehangir Irani, numerous others like those suffering from illnesses, those who were homeless or on the verge of homelessness due to the expiry of their Leave and Licence agreements; and young married couples eager to start their lives.
Earlier in 2014 and 2015, Housing allotments were brought to a standstill after Ex-BPP Chairman, Dinshaw Mehta, refused to let the last Board continue to function without him. With the support of Munchi Cama and Armaity Tirandaz, housing allotments came to a standstill, much to the suffering and heartbreak of hopeful community members who were to receive houses. After the Dadi House scam broke and made headlines in most of the mainstream newspapers, Cama sent a notice demanding that no allotment documents be registered. Despite all the denials and pretensions to the contrary, on that very day Viraf Mehta and Armaity Tirandaz also made the same demand leaving a big question mark over the intentions of the concerned individuals and the possibility of their collusion towards the same end – stoppage of house allotments. As a result, those beneficiaries who had been short-listed were left stranded. These included, in addition to Jehangir Irani, numerous others like those suffering from illnesses, those who were homeless or on the verge of homelessness due to the expiry of their Leave and Licence agreements; and young married couples eager to start their lives.
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A blind Parsi begging for a house for 36 years. What a shame. Now these Trustees taking credit for allottment. Why was he not allotted when the last lot of Trustee, who are now in this team too, should answer. This is no credit to the present lot of Trustees frankly. There may be so many deserving, but they are still waiting and cursing.