India, Feb. 8 -- The civic administration in the Capital has failed to regulate and has "turned a blind eye" towards unauthorised construction, the Delhi high court said on Thursday, asking for responsibility to be fixed.

"This ecosystem needs to be changed. Do something about it. No institution can be used to perpetuate illegality. Institutions cannot turn a blind eye. With so many authorities working on the ground, they have all failed us, our civic administration is not able to deal with all this. It's on the verge of failing. Responsibility must be fixed now," a bench led by acting chief justice Manmohan said.

The court was hearing a plea filed by the NGO Jamia Arabia Nizamia Welfare Education Society, seeking to halt and demolish i...