This story is from December 6, 2016

Vacate bungalows or will use force: HC to ex-CMs

Vacate bungalows or will use force: HC to ex-CMs
NAINITAL: With most former CMs yet to vacate the bungalows allotted to them, the Uttarakhand HC on Monday has set a deadline of February 15 warning them of stern measures, including forced eviction, if they fail to meet it.
Taking serious note of most ex-CMs shying away from vacating the premises allotted to them, a division bench of CJ K M Joseph and Justice V K Bisht said they should file an affidavit in the court by December 14 saying they will vacate the premises allotted to them by February 15, the petitioner’s counsel Kartikeya Hari Gupta said.
According to the petitioner’s counsel, the state charges just Rs 1,000 as rent for these palatial houses.
“The court told the ex-CMs to vacate the government houses by February 15 or the court will have to pass strict orders, if need be by use of force. The HC took a serious view of the fact that despite repeated requests the former CMs have not come up saying that they are going to vacate house,” Gupta said. The division bench also asked the state, “Under what law, you have provided cars with free fuels to these former CMs?” The court had asked them to vacate the premises by January 31. The only ex-CM to have vacated the bungalow is BS Koshiyari.
The rest, including ND Tiwari, Bhuvan Chandra Khanduri, Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank and Vijay Bahuguna, are yet to follow suit.
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