However, while the bungalow has since been demolished, there is no sign of the promised multistoreyed building.
The brothers have alleged that the monthly maintenance of Rs 60,000 that was to be deposited in a joint account has also not come in many years.
Having lived in a friends two-bedroom house on Hill Road for many years and survived on help from relatives and well-wishers, the two now have just under a week to vacate the property.
"In less than a week, we will have nowhere to go. We also have no money left", Ehsaan told Mumbai Mirror.
Dilip Kumars wife Saira Banu, at whose bungalow he now resides, confirmed receiving the notice but claimed it to be a family matter that should not be discussed in public.
"We are entitled to our privacy which others must also respect. We have a lot to say in reply, but do not want to", she said.
In the early 50s, Dilip Kumar, then a superstar in Bollywood, lived with his nine siblings and father at 21, Mala in Bandra. After his father passed away, he bought 48,Pali Hill for Rs 1.5 lakh and moved in with all his brothers and sisters.
While the sisters were married off and one of the brothers passed away, Ehsaan and Aslam continued staying with the actor. In 2006,the family decided to redevelop the property.
While Dilip Kumar by then had already moved in with Saira Banu at her Saira Nivas bungalow,Ehsaan and Aslam were asked to vacate and promised apartments in the new building.
They were told the new building will take three years to complete and the developers Sharyans Resources Limited and Gold Beam Constructions Private Limited committed to pay them maintenance for this period.
The brothers, who have made the two developers a party to the notice, claim 48, Pali Hill was a family property and was not bought from Dilip Kumar's earnings alone.
"We are only asking for our share and nothing more. We dont want to fight, we just want justice", said Ehsaan.
Timeline:
1953: Actor Dilip Kumar moves into the half-acre Pali Hill property as tenant
2008: Kumar starts demolishing bungalow on the property to construct a highrise
Developer Samir Bhojwani, ‘owner' of the property, objects to it
Bhojwani says the property was leased for 999 years but with the caveat that it cannot be demolished without the owner's consent
2010: Bhojwani moves the small causes court against the 89-year-old actor
February 2011: The judge appoints a court commissioner to inspect the property and submit his report
March 2011: The actor files a writ petition in Bombay HC, asking for a stay against the appointment of the court commissioner on the ground that the lower court order was ‘illegal'.
