Gujarat HC ruling: The court held that AAI cannot demolish residential towers near Ahmedabad airport without first conducting an aeronautical survey to assess flight safety risks. (File Photo) Completed residential towers cannot be demolished on the Airports Authority of India’s (AAI’s) orders until an aeronautical survey first establishes that the buildings actually threaten aircraft safety, the Gujarat High Court has ruled, giving relief to six real estate firms whose finished buildings near Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad here had been flagged for excess height. Justice Hemant Prachchhak disposed of seven grouped petitions in a common judgment on April 30, quashing all demolition notices issued to the developers, and directed AAI to carry out aeronautical surveys of each structure at the petitioners’ own cost before any further action is taken.…