Former MP and Trinamool Congress leader Mahua Moitra vacated from government bungalow in Delhi on Friday. The Directorate of Estates reportedly sent a team to evict her from the government bungalow.
The Directorate of Estates had sent multiple notices asking Moitra to vacate the bungalow as she was no longer a member of Lok Sabha. Though Moitra challenged the notice in Delhi High Court on Thursday, the Court refused to stay the eviction order.
Moitra, who was expelled from the Lok Sabha on December 8 last year following the probe into cash-for-query scam was earlier asked to vacate the house by January 7 after her allotment was cancelled.
On January 8, the DoE issued a notice seeking her reply within three days as to why she had not vacated her government accommodation. Another notice was also issued to her on January 12.
On January 4, the Delhi High Court asked the TMC leader to approach the DoE with a request to allow her to continue to occupy the government accommodation allotted to her. The Court then observed that as per rules, authorities can allow a resident to overstay for up to six months on payment of certain charges in exceptional circumstances. Court however said the DoE shall decide her case after applying its own mind.
(with PTI inputs)
