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16 ex-ministers served eviction notices for unauthorized stay
New Delhi, July 30 (IBNS): Sixteen former ministers of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) regime have been served eviction notices following their outstay in government bungalows.
These ministers have been staying unauthorised in the bungalows for over a month now, said reports.
The ministers owe nearly Rs. 21 lakh as penalties for unauthorised stay, Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha.
Naidu also informed that these ministers owe a total damage charges of Rs. 20,92,463 for one month of unauthorized stay till July 26.
"Damage charges ranged from ₹53,250 per month in case of Type V accommodation of Lalchand Kataria to ₹2,43,678 for Type III accommodation of Jaipal Reddy," he said.
Other former ministers who are staying in unauthorized possession of such bungalows include Kapil Sibal, Ajit Singh, Farooq Abdullah, Beni Prasad Verma, Pallam Raju, Girija Vyas, Smt. KrishnaTirath, S.K. Jena, Sachin Pilot, Jitendra Singh, Pradip Jain Aditya, Porika Balram Naik, Killi Kriparani and Manikrao Hodya Gavit.
Naidu further informed that another 21 former ministers are staying in General Pool Bungalows and they have been given fifteen days time to move into their entitled accommodation to be provided by respective House Committees.
These former ministers who are members of either Rajya Sabha or Lok Sabha have been advised to obtain accommodation from their respective House Committee pools.
These former ministers include A.K. Anthony, Vyalar Ravi, Oscar Fernandes, Jairam Ramesh, Jyothiraditya Scindia, K.V. Thomas, K.Rahman Khan, K.H. Muniyappa, Shasi Tharoor, K. Chiranjivi, Mullappally Ramachandran, Rajiv Shukla, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, A.H. Khan Choudhury, Ninon Erring, E.M. Sudershan Nachiappan, K.C. Venugopal and J. Seelam.
A total of 683 flats ranging from Type I to Type VII are under unauthorized occupation of former employees and others for a period ranging from one month to 21 years. All these have been issued eviction notices.
These included 3 Type VII houses, 15 Type VI, 34 Type V, 108 Type IV, 140 Type III, 176 Type II and 207 Type I houses. Damage charges that are due ranged from Rs.4,247 to Rs.60,04,164.
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