New Delhi, Sept. 25 -- The Delhi High Court on Friday questioned the authorities over the fate of 1,723 paying guest (PG) buildings for which sanctioned building plans could not be traced or verified, after noting that plans were available for only 730 of the 2,453 PG buildings surveyed by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) following the Satya Niketan building collapse.

A bench of Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya and Justice Tejas Karia asked the MCD when the law would take its course against buildings whose plans were unavailable and also sought a clear account of the statutory mechanism governing PG accommodations in Delhi.

"There are 2453 PGs; you have building plans for only 730. That's less than one-third. What about th...