Illegal construction in Sainik Farms: HC warns of CBI probe

“We are deferring directions to CBI till next date of hearing. If the governments do not act, we will act.

“We hope by that date both Central government and Delhi government would have taken concrete measures as mentioned in our earlier orders,” said a bench of justices Badar Durrez Ahmed and Sanjeev Sachdeva which referred to the area as a “can of worms” after being told that RWAs of the area were collecting toll from commercial vehicles entering or passing through.

Directions were also issued by the bench to six Resident’s Welfare Associations (RWAs) of the area to give details of the amounts collected by them from 2007 till date by levying entry fees on vehicles entering the colony, while questioning their authority to levy the “toll”.

“How can you charge vehicles entering the area? On what basis are you doing so? How can you have a toll road? What is happening? This is very strange. This is unknown of. This is an unauthorised colony and you are collecting toll. What nonsense is all this? Is this some sort of mafia?” the court said.

“We are completely at a loss on what to do. Sainik Farms is like a can of worms,” it added.