New Delhi: The multi-crore Adarsh Society scam reverberated at the Army commanders

MUMBAI: The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has denied that it has issued a No Objection Certificate (NOC) on March 11, 2003, to Adarsh Housing Cooperative Society, Mumbai, for construction of a residential building.

The state revenue minister Narayan Rane has broken his silence and has promised to inquire into the controversial Adarsh society at Colaba, which has become a major source of embarrassment for CM Ashok Chavan.

Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee spokesperson and one of the founder members of the society, Kanhaiyalal Gidwani, said,

The Union Environment Ministry has directed the Maharashtra government to submit by Monday a detailed report on the clearance given to the controversial Adarsh Co-operative Housing Society along with the project

Developers cannot sell open spaces and stilt areas in their buildings as these are meant for common use and form part of the flats, the Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday.

Officials of the Mumbai Board of Maharashtra Housing and Area Development Authority (Mhada) are taking forward a plan to redevelop two of their major colonies in gross misuse of the Slum Act.

The colonies have been categorised as slums despite the Mhada Act making it categorical that none of the colonies belonging to the authority could be developed under the Slum Act.

In a letter written to