Justice Michael F Saldanha, retired judge of Karnataka High Court, has demanded that the government take strict action against those responsible for disfiguring Bal Bhavan area in Cubbon Park.

In a letter to Bal Bhavan director, a copy which has been released to the media, he said while dealing with a PIL concerning Bal Bhavan nine years ago as a judge, he had passed strictures against an institution for disfiguring Bal Bhavan area.

He said he had directed the State government to terminate the arrangement and restore the area to the Park.