Environment Ministry has recommended demolition of controversial Adarsh Housing Society building. Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh in his final and strongly-worded order on the society said, Adarsh Housing Society violated the spirit of Coastal Regulation Zone norms. Mr Ramesh said it is immaterial whether the Adarsh Society was aware of requirement to seek clearance under CRZ rules as ignorance of law can never be an excuse for non-compliance. Accusing the society of violating the spirit of CRZ laws, Mr Ramesh said that the society should be removed in entirety and the area restored to its original condition within three months.The Environment Ministry had earlier served a notice to the 31-storey housing society asking it why the illegal floors in the building should not be demolished.The Adarsh scam claimed its first victim last year in the form of Ashok Chavan who was forced to resign as Maharashtra Chief Minister after reports surfaced that his kin including late mother-in-law, owned flats in the society.After Chavan, top babus too faced the axe, most notably among them being Ramanand Tiwari, Maharashtra's Chief Information Commissioner and Subhash K Lalla, Maharashtra Human Rights Commissioner and former Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh's secretary.The society in Colaba, a plush locality in Mumbai, was originally meant to be a six-storey structure to house Kargil War heroes and their kin but was later extended to 31 floors allegedly without mandatory permission.