The Indiana Department of Health has filed suit requesting a Wayne County judge force a Richmond mobile home park to comply with orders regarding cleanup and licensing.
The lawsuit filed Jan. 16 and assigned to Superior Court 1 names Indianapolis-based Mobile Enterprises LLC and Rajpal Bhattal, the domestic limited liability company’s registered agent, as defendants. It seeks a compliance order for a range of violations discovered during a July 26 inspection of Green Meadows Mobile Home Park at 4705 U.S. 40 West.
On Aug. 30, the department of health issued an order to comply, providing park ownership between three and 45 days to rectify violations. The time frame varied by violation. The lawsuit’s complaint indicates that a Nov. 24 inspection determined that Mobile Enterprises and Bhattal had not complied with the August order.
The inspection discovered that the 64-lot mobile home community is operating without a license, which is a Class B misdemeanor offense, and by November, no application for licensing had been filed. At one lot, raw sewage had been discharged and was ponding on the ground.
The inspection identified other issues involving sewer systems, mobile home conditions, electrical systems, garbage, motor vehicles, stray animals and overgrown vegetation. Accumulated refuse was cited on 24 lots, while areas around large garbage bins were not clean or free of litter. Containers, including 75 tires, provide space where water could pool and enable mosquito breeding.
Twenty-four lots had problems with sewer risers, and unsafe electrical infrastructure was found at one lot. Trees were growing into overhead utility wires behind three lots, and overgrown vegetation was growing into homes and utility infrastructure on eight lots.
Nineteen unoccupied or abandoned mobile homes had openings that would allow people and animals access. Cats were found running at-large with evidence that they were being fed.
Three lots were found with unlicensed or inoperable motor vehicles, and the park’s streets have potholes that would hinder emergency vehicles.
A version of this article appeared in the February 4 2026 print edition of the Western Wayne News.