The Bombay High Court has said it is not satisfied with a report filed by CBI in response to a public interest litigation related to the Adarsh housing society in south Mumbai. The litigation alleges allotment of ‘benami’ flats to government officials and politicians in the Adarsh housing society in south Mumbai.
A bench headed by Justice Abhay Oka after reading the report also directed the agency yesterday to file an additional report by September 28, and asked the Joint Director of CBI, Western Zone to remain present on the next occasion.
The PIL, filed by the activist Praveen Wategaonkar sought disclosure of names of two top officers of government who had dealt with Adarsh files and allegedly obtained benami flats. The PIL says one of the promoters of Adarsh, Kanhaiyalal Gidwani, Congress leader has 10 flats in the building and two of these flats were meant for high-profile members of the government who helped clear the Adarsh files, and two others for prominent politicians.
The 31-storey building was originally meant for Kargil war widows, but many of the flats were allotted illegally to bureaucrats and politicians.