Mehbooba should vacate the government bungalow by November 15: Estate Department
Srinagar. The Jammu and Kashmir government has ordered Peoples Democratic Party President and former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti to vacate her official bungalow on or before November 15. The J&K Estate Department has ordered Mehbooba Mufti to vacate the ‘Fairview’ bungalow on Gupkar Road. The order states that the Mufti is staying in this bungalow ‘unauthorisedly’. The order clarified that the bungalow allotted to the Mufti was given to him on April 27, 2017 under the then Chief Minister of the state for six months and it was later extended till October 31, 2018 and no extension thereafter. Gone. The order said that thereafter she was no longer entitled to the government bungalow as the legal provision under which the former chief minister was entitled to various facilities was repealed by the Indian government in 2020.
The government said that earlier the reply of Mufti to the eviction notice was received on October 22. “The facts that you (Mufti) have put forth do not entitle you from anywhere to maintain government accommodation,” he said. Particularly when the Government has communicated in writing its willingness to provide you with alternative accommodation on security or any other ground. Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred under sub-section (1) of section 5 of the Jammu and Kashmir Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorized Occupants) Act, 1988, it is ordered that Mehbooba Mufti, former Chief Minister and all persons who Occupiing the scheduled premises or any part thereof, they may vacate the scheduled premises on or before 15.11.2022. In the event of your refusal or failure to comply with this order within the specified period, the provisions of sub-section (2) of section 5 of the Jammu and Kashmir Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorized Occupants) Act, 1988 shall be invoked against you. . The Fairview bungalow was allotted to Mufti’s father Mufti Mohammad Sayeed in the year 2005, when he left the Chief Minister’s Office. (talk)
