One house, 2 VIP claimants
It is a fight between VIPs, who have got involved in gaining control, or rather taking possession, of a palatial ministerial bungalow spread over more than 1 acre in the posh locality of sector 2 here. In this turf war, on the one side is deputy speaker of the Punjab Vidhan Sabha Satpal Gosain and on the other officials of the
Gosain, who was at the house this morning, flashed a copy of the orders issued by Punjab chief secretary Ramesh Inder Singh, dated April 4 ,which said that house number 8, sector 2, had been allotted to him (Gosain). “It is not my fault and I will not budge from here. Rather, I will sit in dharna till this matter is resolved”, he thundered.
Officials of the high court were also at the house this morning. Their claim to the house in an order of the
Sources said that not only this house but also house number 10, sector 2, and house number 3, sector 3, had been allocated to the “high court pool” of houses. House number 10 was earlier allotted to B.I.S. Chahal, former media adviser to former Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, and the
Punjab officials admit privately that the
As they day progressed, the chief secretary expressed ignorance about the matter and said he was yet to be informed about it. Advocate-general H.S. Mattewal said “ the matter will be resolved amicably”. Registrar-general of the high court R. B Gupta said “ I cannot comment on the issue”. Officials of the high court who were at the house said they were not empowered to say anything. The
Notably, Gosain also showed a copy of a letter which indicated that he had actually taken possession on April 14. On the door of the bungalow an order of the
Gosain also showed copies of the letters he had written to the speaker, the Chief Justice of India, the Chief Justice of the
his house.
Sources in the
Source://tribuneindia.com
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