[New Delhi] Top Judicial Pillar Refuses To Support Undemocratic Plea Of Cong.Parliamentarian: SC asks MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhry to vacate Govt bungalow. Chowdhry Is MP From West Bengal
The Supreme Court today dismissed a plea of Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, challenging a Delhi High Court order refusing to stay his eviction from bungalow at New Moti Bagh
In an unusual order, the apex court rejected the plea of Chowdhury when his counsel mentioned the matter for urgent hearing and said that it is not going to list it and rather dismissed it at the threshold.
Bench headed by Chief Justice T S Thakur said, , “You are an MP and you want to stay in a bungalow to which you are not entitled. What kind of petition is this. You just vacate.”
The bench, also comprising justices A K Sikri and R Banumathi, took a strong note of the submission that Chowdhury was earlier never asked to vacate the premises and has been paying the market rent to the government.
“Do you mean to say that you will vacate only when they ask you to do so,” the bench said.
The high court had on February 3 rejected Chowdhury’s plea, saying he will have to vacate the property forthwith.
It had also turned down the MP’s oral prayer for alternative arrangement for the interim period, saying the new residence alloted to him at Humayun Road in Lutyen’s Delhi will take another 10-15 days to get ready for use.
The high court had refused to stay Chowdhury’s eviction, while upholding the single-judge bench order of February 1.
Chowdhury, a Lok Sabha member, had moved the court against the February 1 order dismissing his plea against the eviction, following which the authorities concerned had disconnected water and power supply to his bungalow at 14, New Moti Bagh , even as they started eviction proceedings against him.
Thereafter, Chowdhury rushed to court, which had earlier directed that status quo be maintained with regard to the eviction till February 3.
According to the Directorate of Estates, the MP has been allotted another house on Humayun Road and given sufficient time to vacate the ministerial bungalow which, it said, he was not entitled to. But Chowdhury did not vacate despite several reminders in the past, it had alleged.
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Top Judicial Pillar Refuses To Support Undemocratic Plea Of a Parliamentarian
Ministry Acrobatically Arranging Transit Accommodation For New Parliamentarians
Directorate of Estates is working in full swing to provide housing facility to New Parliamentarians .Before the first session of the new Lok Sabha starts early next month,accommodation has already been allotted to 223 lawmakers .
“Till now transit accommodation have been given to the new MPs in various state bhawans and Ashoka hotel and Ministry of Urban Development is ready to provide accommodation to more,
The Directorate of Estates of the Union Ministry of Urban Development has made arrangements for transit accommodation for the newly elected Members of Parliament(MPs) of the 16th Lok Sabha in various State /UT Bhavans/Guest Houses and ITDC hotels in Delhi till the MPs are allotted regular accommodations from the Lok Sabha.
Arrangements have been made for approximately 240 rooms in the State/UT Bhavans/ Guest Houses and 180 rooms in the ITDC Hotels in Delhi and the details in this regard have been communicated to the Lok Sabha Secretariat for making the actual allotment of rooms to the newly elected MPs.
It May Be Added That The former MPs / Union Ministers of 15th Lok Sabha, who could not get re-elected to the 16th Lok Sabha, are entitled for retention of their existing government accommodation for a period of one month only from the date of dissolution of the 15th Lok Sabha/ demission of office by the Union Ministers.
Source :Bureau
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