Raghav Chadha to lose the government bungalow? Here's what Delhi Court orders

Digital Desk: A Delhi court on Friday stated that AAP MP Raghav Chadha cannot claim that he has a fundamental right to remain in a government residence during his term, even after the allotment was cancelled. The MP and the Rajya Sabha Secretariat were in court to discuss his allocation of a Type-VII bungalow.

The Rajya Sabha Secretariat revoked the MP's allocation to a Type-VII bungalow in Delhi's Pandara Road in March. He was informed that the allocation had been cancelled because Type-VII was more expensive than what he was entitled to as a rookie MP and that he had been given another flat instead.

Raghav Chadha then filed a stay order against the RS Secretariat at Delhi's Patiala House Courts, and in April he was successful in stopping the confiscation.

The Rajya Sabha Secretariat then filed a petition in opposition to Chadha's plea, claiming that the secretariat could not have been heard by the court before the ruling was issued.

The Delhi court's ruling prohibiting the Rajya Sabha Secretariat from evicting the AAP MP from his official housing was revoked on Friday. Raghav Chadha's allotment of the government bungalow was described as simply a privilege and as having no legal claim to the property once the allotment was revoked.

In July 2022, Raghav Chadha received a Type-VI bungalow. He sought the Rajya Sabha Chairman in August 2022 to request Type-VII accommodation. He was then allotted a Type-VII bungalow on Pandara Road in Delhi.

The Rajya Sabha Members Handbook states that Chadha, a rookie MP, is entitled to Type-V accommodation. Former Union Cabinet ministers, governors, chief ministers, and speakers of the Lok Sabha are eligible for Type-VII bungalows.