- By Shivam Shandilya
- Wed, 17 Jan 2024 07:01 AM (IST)
- Source:JND
Mahua Moitra, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and former Lok Sabha Member, has been served an eviction notice to vacate the government bungalow in Delhi, reports news agency PTI, citing sources in the Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry. The notice was given by the Directorate of Estates on Tuesday. She has been asked to immediately vacate her bungalow, which was allotted to her as the Member Of Parliament.
"Since the eviction notice was issued to her (Moitra) on Tuesday, a team of officials from the directorate of estates will now be sent to ensure that the government bungalow is vacated at the earliest," a source told PTI.
Mahua, who was expelled as a Lok Sabha member on December 8, was earlier asked to vacate the house by January 7 after her allotment was cancelled. A notice was sent to her on January 8 by the DoE, seeking her reply within three days as to why she had not vacated her government accommodation. She was also given another notice on January 12.
The Delhi High Court has earlier asked the TMC leader to approach the DoE with a request to allow her to continue to occupy the government accommodation allotted to her. According to news agency PTI, Justice Subramoniun Prasad, while dealing with Moitra's challenge to an official intimation asking her to vacate the government bungalow by January 7, noted that the rules permitted the authorities to allow a resident to overstay for up to six months on payment of certain charges in exceptional circumstances.
The court allowed Mahua to withdraw the petition, noted that it has not made any observations on the merits of the matter, and added that the DoE shall decide her case after applying its own mind.
The TMC leader was held guilty of "unethical conduct" and expelled from Lok Sabha on December 8 last year for allegedly accepting gifts from businessman Darshan Hiranandani and sharing her user ID and password of the Parliament website with him.
(With input from agencies)