India, Dec. 27 -- The Uttarakhand High Court has issued notices to the CBI, the Centre, and others in connection with the investigation into 7,375 missing forest boundary pillars and the alleged rapid and unusual increase in the assets of field forest officers posted in the Mussoorie Forest Division.

A division bench of Justice Manoj Tiwari and Justice Subhash Upadhyay directed all respondents, including the State Government, the Survey of India, and the Central Empowered Committee (CEC), to file their affidavits within six weeks and fixed February 11 as the next date of hearing.

During the hearing, the court expressed strong displeasure over the disappearance of such a large number of boundary pillars. A petition filed by environmental...