Delhi High Court refuses stay, Adhir asks for time to vacate house

Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Wednesday sought 2-3 days’ time to shift to the new, smaller accommodation allotted to him on Humayun Road here after the Delhi high court refused to stay his eviction from his ministerial bungalow at New Moti Bagh.

Authorities had started the eviction process on Tuesday and disconnected water and electricity connection to the bungalow.

Mr Chowdhury, a former UPA minister, moved the court against the eviction order and attempted to get it stayed.

“Since his petition has been dismissed, he has written to us seeking two-three days’ time for shifting his belongings to his new house on Humayun Road,” a senior urban development ministry official said.

The Lok Sabha MP from Murshidabad, who is also chief of the West Bengal Congress, has been allotted a Type-VI bungalow at C-1/4 Humayun Road.

According to the directorate of estates, Mr Chowdhury had been overstaying for 19 months since the cancellation of his allotment on June 27, 2014 after he ceased to be a member the Union council of ministers. As a Lok Sabha member, Mr Chowdhury is entitled to a Type-VI accommodation.

He was allotted an alternative accommodation at C-1/99, Moti Bagh, by the House Committee of the Lok Sabha in January, 2015. However, the new allotment was not acceptable to him.

Subsequently, he was allotted an independent bungalow at C1\\77, Moti Bagh (Type-6B) on June 1, 2015, but that too was not accepted by the MP.

Chowdhury was again allotted a bungalow at C-1/4, Humayun Road, on November 3, 2015 and, after inspection and certification by CPWD, was requested on December 23, 2015, to vacate the Type-8 bungalow and move into the Humayun Road bungalow within 15 days to avoid accumulation of damages and contempt of court.

A reminder was also issued to NDMC for disconnection of water and electricity connection to the New Moti Bagh house.

Chowdhury moved high court against eviction on January 29 this year and the same was dismissed by the High Court on February 1, 2016.

Chowdhury filed an LPA (Letter Patents Appeal) before another bench against the order of a single bench which was dismissed on Wednesday.