On the morning of 12 July at 5:30 A.M., Baba asked the mandali what they had decided. A meeting was convened in the dilapidated mud hut near the Post Office under Behramji's chairmanship. After pondering the plan and conditions, it was settled to move back to Bombay. Baba was informed of this decision and he again repeated that all would have to find employment during their stay in Bombay, and those who did not find a job would have to return to their homes for an indefinite period. All held to their decision to go with him. Baba told them that he was in a hurry to get packed and leave.
The luggage was forwarded to the train station in a bullock cart, while the mandali walked there with Baba. They left Ahmednagar on the 12:45 P.M. train and arrived back at Manzil-e-Meem early the next morning, after a three-month absence.
The main Manzil-e-Meem building was under repair when Baba and the mandali arrived on Friday, 13 July 1923, and the compound was cluttered with debris. It was the middle of the monsoon; water was dripping from the roof in the Circle & Company's office, and most of the floor was wet. They removed the tables and chairs and found a dry place to spread their bedding. During their previous stay at the Manzil, they occupied the spacious main bungalow, but now, as Baba said, they were consigned to squeezing into the small office in the backyard, amidst all the furniture.
Baidul found a job in a restaurant the next day, and gradually everyone else found some employment. The men went to work during the day and returned to the Manzil in the evening. Gustadji and Behramji were near Baba 24 hours a day, yet they were busily engaged in collating and folding the printed pages of Volume I of the Gujarati edition of Upasni Maharaj's biography. As soon as the printed sheets were received from Navsari, they were folded, collated, and sent to a binder in Bombay. The other men would take part in this work at night after supper.
The various Poona and Bombay mandali began coming to see the Master at the Manzil and all were happy Baba was again residing in Bombay. Gulmai, Adi and Rustom would also come from Ahmednagar. After the Gujarat journey, Adi had been sent to stay at home with his parents, but he would frequently visit.