New Delhi: Around 50 ex-MPs are yet to vacate their official bungalows in the Lutyens’ area here, even five months after the dissolution of the previous Lok Sabha. According to rules, former MPs have to vacate their respective bungalows within one month of dissolution of the previous Lok Sabha.
According to sources, the government is contemplating taking action against them under the amended Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Act, which ensures swift ouster.
The amended law empowers government to issue showcause notice, seeking reply of unauthorised occupants within three days, the duration reduced from 15 days, as mandated under the previous law.
“Around 50 former Lok Sabha MPs have not still vacated their official bungalows located in Lutyens’ Delhi. If they fail to vacate in some days, strict action, including forceful eviction, will be taken,” sources told this agency Sunday.
The Lok Sabha Housing Committee headed by CR Patil had ordered August 19 around 200 ex-MPs, who did not vacate their bungalows, to give up the facility within a week. They were told that if they did not do so, their power, water and cooking gas connections would be disconnected within three days.
Since the committee’s order, most of the ex-Member of Parliaments have vacated their official bungalows. But, 50 former MPs are, however, yet to vacate their bungalows.
President Ram Nath Kovind had May 25 dissolved the 16th Lok Sabha with immediate effect on the recommendation of the Union Cabinet after the Modi government was formed for a second term.
PTI
