The Centre has initiated eviction proceedings against the Congress over a house in the Chanakyapuri locality of the national capital, which had been allotted to it as an office, with the Directorate of Estates under the Union Housing and Urban Affairs Ministry sending a show cause notice last week.
According to the notice sent to the “All-India Congress Committee” (AICC) on March 25, the allotment of C-II/109, Chanakyapuri had been cancelled with effect from June 26, 2013 and communicated to the AICC on January 22, 2015. The directorate asked for a response within three days as to why an eviction order should not be passed for the “unauthorised” occupation of public premises.
A Ministry official said the party had been allotted four government bungalows, including 24, Akbar Road, which houses its headquarters, for its offices as a national party. As per a policy of the Land and Development Office under the Ministry, the Congress was allotted land on Rouse Avenue to construct its own office in 2010 and had three years after that to vacate any government bungalow given to it as an office.
