Defence Minister has directed the Army and the Navy to ascertain facts about the ownership rights of the land of the Adarsh Housing Society in Mumbai. Defence Ministry sources said in New Delhi, A.K. Antony has asked for the status of land as to whether the plot was a defence land and whether the high rise structure that has come on the land in Colaba area, casts a shadow on national security. AIR correspondent reports that the replies from the Army and Navy would form the basis for the ministry to take a stand.In another development, three ex-chiefs today said they will return the houses of the society if they are meant to be given to the families of Kargil war martyrs. A statement on this was issued by former Navy chief Admiral Madhavendra Singh on behalf of himself and the two former Army chiefs Generals Deepak Kapoor and N C Vij. He said that it was never their intention to deprive anyone of their dues.AIR correspondent reports, the controversy over the Adarsh Housing society building is deepening with the list of flat owners showing the name of Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan's late mother-in-law and others not entitled to it. The 103 names released by the society, also includes the names of former Union Minister Suresh Prabhu, NCP MLC Jitendra Avhad, Congress leader Kanhaiyalal Gidwani and his two sons, a close aide of a senior Maharashtra minister, the children of some bureaucrats, serving bureaucrats and other prominent figures.CBI has given the Society one week’s time to produce all the documents related to the clearance certificates. The Society, however maintains that not an inch of defence land has been encroached upon and claims that the building has been legally constructed after receiving all the clearances from the government.Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan has refused to make any comments on the issue.