The Directorate of Estates has sent a team to evict former Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra from her government bungalow in Delhi, reported PTI quoting an official. The team was sent a day after the Delhi High Court refused to stay the eviction notice issued to the TMC leader asking her to vacate the bungalow.

Moitra, in her plea challenging the eviction notice from the DOE, had cited medical reasons to urge the high court to restrain the authorities from evicting her from the government bungalow following her expulsion.

Justice Girish Kathpalia said no specific rule has been brought before the court which dealt with the eviction of MPs from government accommodation after they cease to be lawmakers.

“To conclude, in view of the pendency of the issue of expulsion of petitioner (Moitra) before the Supreme Court and the issue of extension of time to vacate the government accommodation being inextricably linked with that, coupled with the fact that as on date petitioner has no right, this court is not inclined to invoke jurisdiction under Article 226 of the Constitution of India at this stage to restrain the operation of the impugned eviction order. Accordingly, the application stands dismissed,” the court said in its order.

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