Delhi HC Seeks Centre’s Reply On AAP’s Plea Challenging Rent Demand For Party Office At Vithalbhai Patel House

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Immediately, On seventh July, The Delhi Excessive Court docket has requested the Centre to reply to AAP’s plea towards the lease demand for its social gathering workplace at Vithalbhai Patel Home. The subsequent listening to within the matter is scheduled for July 22.
New Delhi: The Delhi Excessive Court docket on Monday requested a response from the Centre concerning a plea filed by A in regards to the lease demand for its social gathering workplace situated in Vithalbhai Patel Home within the capital.
Justice Sachin Datta issued a discover to the Centre in response to A’s problem towards the cancellation of the allotment for its workplace suite.
The court docket instructed the authorities to submit their reply inside two weeks and scheduled the following listening to for July 22.
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After A’s counsel requested a keep on the reminder discover demanding lease dated June 20, the Centre’s lawyer assured that “nothing” would happen earlier than the following listening to.
The Centre’s counsel maintained that there was no urgency within the matter, because it concerned merely a discover and that procedures would comply with the Public Premises Act.
A contended that the choice by the Directorate of Estates, Ministry of Housing and City Affairs, was made ex parte and with out offering any showcause discover or affordable alternative for the petitioner to be heard.
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The counsel argued that the Directorate of Estates had allegedly canceled the allotment of a double suite at Vithalbhai Patel Home, efficient September 14, 2024, with out prior notification, solely informing the petitioner belatedly by way of a letter dated January 17.
The petitioner surrendered possession of the premises on April 30, in keeping with the counsel.
In a subsequent plea, A said that the Directorate of Estates had re-issued payments on June 20 as a reminder, thereby reaffirming the arbitrary eviction of the petitioner from its state social gathering workplace as a result of ex parte cancellation order set for September 14, 2024.
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A famous that in letters dated March 6 and Could 13, the authority demanded over Rs.8 lakh in lease for occupying the premises from the date of the alleged cancellation. Consequently, the petitioner urged the court docket to remain this communication.
A’s plea said,
“Directorate of Estates handed an ex parte order cancelling the allotment of the topic lodging, that’s, Double Suite at 514, VP Home, New Delhi, to the petitioner, with an ultimatum of handing over its bodily possession inside a interval of thirty days. This ex parte order has not been conveyed to the petitioner to this point,”