New Delhi:
The Directorate of Estates on Tuesday issued a notice to evict former TMC MP Mahua Moitra, who was expelled from the Lok Sabha last month, from her government bungalow, Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry sources said.
The Trinamool Congress leader has been asked to immediately vacate the bungalow allotted to her as an MP, they said.
“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.
The TMC leader, who was expelled from the Lok Sabha on December 8 last year, was earlier asked to leave the House on January 7 after her assignment was withdrawn.
On January 8, the DoE had issued a notice asking her to respond within three days as to why she had not left her government building. Another notice was also sent to her on January 12.
On January 4, the Delhi High Court asked the TMC leader to approach the DoE seeking permission to allow her to continue occupying the government accommodation allotted to her.
While dealing with Ms Moitra's challenge to an official notice asking her to vacate the government bungalow by January 7, Justice Subramoniun Prasad noted that the rules allowed authorities to allow a resident to stay for more than six months , against payment of certain costs in exceptional cases. circumstances.
The court allowed Ms Moitra to withdraw her application, noting that she made no submissions on the merits of the case. It said the DoE will decide its case after applying its own opinion.
It added that the law requires that a resident be notified before eviction and that the government must take steps to evict the petitioner in accordance with the law.
Ms Moitra was found 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 Parliament's website with him.
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