Former Chief Minister of Delhi Sheila Dikshit shifted her residence to a rented accommodation in Silver Arc Apartment on Feroz Shah Road on Saturday. Earlier the Arvind Kejriwal-run Government had issued a notice to Dikshit to vacate the official bungalow situated at 3 Motilal Nehru Marg.
Dikshit moved into her 3-bedroom duplex flat on Saturday evening. Despite two reminders former Power Minister Haroon Yusuf and former Transport Minister and Delhi Congress president Arvinder Singh lovely have failed to vacate their official accommodations. According to the officials in the Public Works Department, Ministers are required to vacate the official accommodations within a month of appointment of the new Government.
“A notice is served to the occupants after completion of one month. The occupant is required to vacate the property within 15 days of the notice being served. If they want extension of the allotment, they need to pay rent which is fixed by the department,” said a senior PWD official. However since Dikshit had exceeded her stay at the official residence of the Chief Minister she will have to pay a fixed market rent for a period of one month.