The Bombay High Court on Monday came down heavily on Maharashtra government for failing to perform its duty of identifying wetlands in the state and instead seeking modification of a 2013 order of HC banning construction on wetlands.

A division bench of Justices A S Oka and A A Sayyed was hearing an application filed by the state government seeking modification of an order passed by another bench of the high court on March 19, 2013, banning construction on wetlands in the state.