The Bhatkar family had temporarily offered their property to Parulekar to start a school in the ‘70s. The school management was now allegedly refusing to vacate the premises despite several requests from the family.
The property owner Damodar Bhatkar had accused the management of backtracking on its assurance to shift the school and neglecting to maintain the property, which was now in a dilapidated state.
However, the former Industries Minister Parulekar stated, “I continue to maintain good relations with Damodar and his three brothers. There was no dispute until recently, when Damodar began asking us to hand over the structure. We pay the rent regularly, and once the approach road near our property is done, we will construct the school building and hand over the existing one to the Bhatkar family.”
Regarding the management’s claims of an approach road not existing at the new school site, Damodar had questioned what the management was doing when the land was identified and the formalities to set up the school done.
