With no respite from the court, beleaguered Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Wednesday asked the Government to allow him two or three days’ time to shift to the new, smaller accommodation allotted to him on Humayun Road here from his Type-8 ministerial bungalow.
The request followed Delhi High Court’s refusal to stay his eviction from his ministerial bungalow at New Moti Bagh where he was staying for 19 months even after cancellation of his allotment in June 2014 after he had ceased to be a Minister in the Union Council of Ministers.
Authorities had started the eviction process on Wednesday and disconnected the water and electricity connection to the New Moti Bagh bungalow.
Chowdhury, a former UPA minister and lok Sabha MP from Murshidabad, moved court against the eviction order and attempted to get it stayed by Delhi High Court which, however, did not interfere with the disconnection of utilities and ordered status quo till February 3 morning when it was going to hear the matter. “Since his petition has been dismissed, he has written to us seeking two-three days’ time for shifting his belongings to his new house on Humayun Road,” said a Urban Development Ministry official.
According to the Directorate of Estate, Chowdhury was overstaying at the Type-VIII residence for 19 months since the cancellation of his allotment on June 27, 2014 by the Urban Development Ministry
Chowdhury is entitled to a Type- VI accommodation. He was allotted an alternative accommodation. Chowdhury moved high court against eviction on January 29 this year and the same was dismissed by the High Court on February 1, 2016.