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During the inquiry, 14 DP department officials and six legal department officials were served show-cause notices. He passed an order to initiate inquiry against the officials working on the case and fix responsibility. “It will now be submitted to the civic standing committee,” he added.If indicted, officials face ‘harsh’ actionThe report, drafted by a deputy municipal commissioner, was prepared in two parts: The first part pertaining to the probe against legal department officials was submitted on August 10, and the second part, concerning development plan (DP) department officials, was submitted on August 14. Mehta, in an order pertaining to this land, had written that “we should challenge this [matter] in the Supreme Court”. On June 19, the BMC filed a special leave petition before the SC, but lost the case..