Government bungalow allocation row | Raghav Chadha moves Delhi High Court against trial court's decision to vacate interim order
The Hindu
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Raghav Chadha approached the Delhi High Court challenging a trial court’s decision to vacate an interim order which stopped the Rajya Sabha Secretariat from dispossessing him from the government bungalow allotted to him.
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Raghav Chadha on October 10 approached the Delhi High Court challenging a trial court's decision to vacate an interim order which stopped the Rajya Sabha Secretariat from dispossessing him from the government bungalow allotted to him.
The plea was mentioned for urgent hearing before a Bench of Chief Justice Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Sanjeev Narula which agreed to list it on October 11.
Mr. Chadha's counsel submitted that the Member of Parliament has been served with a notice and eviction proceedings are going on. She said earlier there was a stay from the trial court but now it has been removed.
The trial court in an October 5 order has said that Mr. Chadha cannot claim that he has an absolute right to continue to occupy the government bungalow during his entire tenure as a Rajya Sabha MP even after the cancellation of allotment.
The trial court had made the observation while vacating an interim order passed on April 18 that had directed the Rajya Sabha Secretariat not to dispossess Mr. Chadha from the government bungalow.
It had noted that the interim relief was granted to Mr. Chadha that he would not be dispossessed from the accommodation without due process of law.
The Opposition Congress demanded that the government open the Gandhi Vatika Museum, depicting Mahatma Gandhi’s legacy and freedom struggle, built at a cost of ₹85 crore in Jaipur’s Central Park last year, during the Congress-led regime in Rajasthan. The museum has not been opened to the public, reportedly because of the administration’s engagements with the State Assembly and Lok Sabha elections.