The naval authorities had never approached the Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) objecting against the Occupational Cetificate (OC) issued to Adarsh Cooperative Housing, chief secretary and former metropolitan commissioner, MMRDA, Ratnakar Gaikwad has told the Adarsh Commission. The two-member panel looking into irregularities in the 31-storey building, was examining Gaikwad who had given the OC to the building in 2010 when he was with the MMRDA. “MMRDA never received any direct representation from naval authorities for not issuing OC. The naval authorities first approached the Government… and MCGM (Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai) with a request to not issue OC for Adarsh,” said Gaikwad. The Navy was opposed to the [...]