Members of multi crore scam hit Adarsh housing society in Mumbai approached the Defence Ministry and the CBI seeking quashing of the FIR against the society.

In a letter written to Defence Minister A K Antony, CBI Director A P Singh and other senior officials, Manish Desai, partner of Vidhii law firm, which represents members of Adarsh Cooperative Housing Society said, that there is no material on record to show that, the land on which the Adarsh building stands today belongs to Defence Ministry or that was allotted to the society illegally.

The judicial commission appointed by the Maharashtra government headed by Justice (retd) J. A. Patil of Bombay High Court had ruled that the land was the property of the state government and not of the defence ministry. The members said that all comments of Kargil for profit and land reserved for Kargil Martyrs, war widows have in fact trampled upon the fundamental rights of some members of the society.