Aravali Retreat is a 1200-acre gated community, located on Aravali hill range, approximately 35 kilometers south west from the Delhi's Indra Gandhi International Airport, in village Raisina, Sohna Tehsil, Gurgaon District, in the National Capital Region of India. Pathways World School, Aravali, a leading International School, is located in the centre of Aravali Retreat. The school opened in 2003. In 2014 it had a student body of 1100 students representing 40 countries. History Aravali Retreat, a 1200-acre project of 630 one and two acre fenced lots, was developed and marketed by Ansal Properties and Infrastructure (API), a well known property developer in the NCR. The project was started in 1988-89. It was designed and developed by Colonel Sashi, a retired army engineer from the Indian Army Corps of Engineers. Individual lots were fenced, gated, and linked by extensive internal roads. To increase the "green cover" lakhs of indigenous trees and shrubs, including fruit bearing trees were planted, along the roads and in common areas. On some lots sample cottages were built by the developer. These were subsequently sold. The project was marketed in 1990-92, after completion of infrastructure. A contiguous thirty acre lot is occupied by Pathway International school, on which the school built a sprawling world class campus that includes extensive play grounds, swimming pool, auditoriums, and on-campus residential accommodation for students and staff. In 2003 the Pathway School started classes. In April 2012, Gurgaon district authorities, demolished several properties in Aravali Retreat. The Aravali Retreat Plot owner's Association (ARPAN) denied that the residents violated any environmental laws including the Government notification dated 7 May 1992. They claim that the notification was not applicable to the plot owners because the land had been categorized as farmhouse in the revenue records of the state in 1990. In the last 3 – 4 years, some farmhouses have upgraded their venues as picnic spots under the development scheme of 'farm tourism' by Haryana government, consequently, a large number of visitors are reaching this area for recreation, leisure and day outing purposes especially from Delhi & NCR. Infrastructure In the centre of the project there is a club house, now in a state of neglect. Next to the club house, is the community or the site offices. These are housed in a temporary barrack. Next to community/site office there is experimental orchard with several varieties of citrus fruits. The residents association has objected