ansal properties and infrastructure (api), sells over 630 farms, ranging in size from 1 acre to 2.85 acres, in a gated community called aravali retreat, near village raisana, in sohna tehsil.<ref name="letter to cm, 28 /2"></ref> infrastructure in aravali retreat developed by ansal properties includes several miles of tarmac roads, water catchment areas, trees and shrubbery, club house, and sample houses, which were later sold. api, according to court documents, before developing and selling the lots, took the relevant permissions under the provisions of the punjab scheduled roads and controlled areas (restriction of unregulated development) act,1963 and the haryana development and regulation of urban areas act, 1975, as affirmed by api court deposition [2012]. ansals, the developer, kept the director, town and country planning, haryana, informed on the status of the development in the area through letter dated 14 may 1991.