Aggarwal, whose official bills are paid by MCD, called it a “deliberate attempt” to prevent him from deposing in court.

Environmentalists, in a batch of petitions, have termed the Games Village site as an open violation of court orders against building permanent structures on the endangered riverbed. During hearing, the Bench of Justices Sikri and Sharma brought up the matter despite Aggarwal saying he “did not want to mention” it. The Bench said the committee’s tenure had been extended on December 14, 2007. It then asked the MCD counsel to explain the lapse: “Are you aware of the (December 14) order? This is not fair.”

Though the MCD counsel said the order was not conveyed to the civic body, the court insisted that the facilities be returned to Aggarwal.

Aggarwal said: “Yesterday, I picked up the phone and found it dead. On enquiry, I found the bill was not paid. My official driver said he was not to provide the car anymore for my use. This may have been a ploy to stop me from deposing in court today. I did not want to mention it in court, but somehow the court has come to know of it.”