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This is the same case where Mehta’s remarks on a file were altered by two unidentified men. The next time, he could not make it, so the BMC requested Kumar to argue the same. MUMBAI: Three civic legal department officials, including the head of department, on Thursday received show-cause notices from the committee inquiring into the BMC having lost the case for acquisition of a 14,000 sq m plot in Jogeshwari worth Rs 500 crore that was reserved for a recreational ground and a hospital in the Supreme Court According to sources, On Thursday, the BMC-appointed inquiry panel was in the process of sending out show-cause notices to officials from the Development Plan (DP) department too. They alleged that the BMC had two counsels—Ranjit Kumar and Abhishek Manu Singhvi—but when the matter was called the first time, Singhvi was held up in another case and it was kept back. “The show-cause notices have been sent so that the officials can put forth their responses before the committee submits its report in eight days,” said a civic official.On July 27, BMC chief Ajoy Mehta had ordered an inquiry against the legal department after the SC dismissed BMC’s appeal for acquisition of the plot..