Terming Maharashtra government's objection to a CBI probe into the Adarsh scam as illegal and malafide, the Defence Ministry yesterday rejected the ruling by a state-appointed judicial panel that the land on which the controversial building stands, belongs to the state. In an affidavit filed in the Bombay High Court, the Ministry made it clear that it has not accepted the Judicial Commission's ruling settling the ownership of the plot in favour of the state government, dubbing it as completely flawed. The ministry also stated that the Commission’s report is not binding on either the government or the court and has not accepted the report.