Delhi court docket orders AAP MP Raghav Chadha to vacate Type VII Bungalow

A Delhi court docket on Friday, sixth October, vacated its earlier keep order on the eviction of AAP MP Raghav Chadha from his authorities bungalow in Lutyens Delhi. Additional District Judge Sudhanshu Kaushik stated that Chadda is just not entitled to a Type VII bungalow which he’s occupying at current, and due to this fact allowed the Rajya Sabha Secretariat to take over the home.

The court docket stated that Chadda has no vested proper to proceed to occupy the bungalow because it was solely a privilege given to him as an MP.

“Plaintiff cannot claim that he has an absolute right to continue to occupy the accommodation during his entire tenure as a Member of Rajya Sabha. The allotment of Government accommodation is only a privilege given to the plaintiff and he has no vested right to continue to occupy the same even after the cancellation of allotment,” the Court stated.

Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha was allotted a Type VII bungalow at Pandara Road in Delhi in September 2022. However, in March 2023, the allotment was cancelled by the Rajya Sabha Secretariat as a result of it was increased than his entitlement as a first-time MP, and he was allotted one other home.

Following this, Chadha had approached the Patiala House Court towards the order, and the court docket had granted a keep on 18 April. After that the Rajya Sabha Secretariat filed a plea opposing the keep order, saying that the order was handed with out listening to it.

After listening to the arguments, the court docket determined to vacate its keep order on Friday. Chadha’s counsel had argued that the Rajya Sabha Secretariat doesn’t fall underneath the definition of ‘government’ or ‘public officer’. But the court docket rejected this argument.

Raghav Chadha had additionally argued that lodging as soon as made to a Member of Parliament can’t be cancelled underneath any circumstances throughout their total tenure, however this was additionally rejected by the court docket. “Plaintiff cannot claim that he has an absolute right to continue to occupy the accommodation during his entire tenure as a Member of Rajya Sabha,” the court docket dominated.

Rajya Sabha housing committee chief CM Ramesh additionally identified that a number of MPs had been shifted to totally different homes earlier, and there’s no foundation for Chadha’s claims. He had given a number of such examples in the course of the listening to, together with BJP MP Radha Mohan Das who was moved from a Type VII to a Type V bungalow.

The court docket additionally accepted that interim aid was granted to him earlier with out following due strategy of regulation, and due to this fact vacated the keep order. “This is certainly an error apparent on the face of the record and the same needs to be corrected. Accordingly, the order dated 18.04.2023 stands recalled and the interim order stands vacated,” the court docket stated.

Apart from the cancellation of the eviction discover, Raghav Chadha had additionally sought ₹ 5.50 lakh in damages for “mental agony and harassment”.

It is notable that the Rajya Sabha member of AAP was initially allotted a Type VI bungalow in July 2022, which was nonetheless above his entitlement. However, he utilized for the allotment of Type-VII lodging in August 2022, and accordingly, he was allotted a Type-VII bungalow at Pandara Road in Delhi.

As per Rajya Sabha guidelines, first-time MPs are entitled to Type-V lodging. MPs that are former central cabinet ministers, former governors or former CMs, and former Lok Sabha audio system are entitled to Type VII bungalows.

Raghav Chadha not too long ago married Bollywood actor Parineeti Chopra in a extremely luxurious wedding ceremony ceremony at The Leela Palace in Udaipur. The bride was welcomed at Chadha’s official bungalow in Delhi, and it was reported that Parineeti would shift to Delhi and transfer into the bungalow. However, now the newlywed bride should shift to a special and smaller home.