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1,207 govt houses in Delhi under unauthorized occupation: Minister

Government has said, law enforcement in respect of vacating of government houses in Delhi which were under unauthorized occupation has substantially improved over the last two years. Minister of State for Rural Development Babul Supriyo said this in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.<br/><br/>He said, 1,531 houses were vacated under the provisions of Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Act during the last three years. These include 246 evictions in 2013, 539 in 2014 and 746 in 2015. He also said, while only 10 houses of higher type (Type VB to Type VIII) were got vacated in 2013, it increased to 69 in 2014 and 20 in 2015.<br/><br/>The Minister said 1,207 government houses of different types are under unauthorized occupation which account for about 2 percent of the total houses under General Pool Residential Accommodation. Of the houses under unauthorized occupation, 36 cases are before the Courts, 33 are with Kashmiri migrants and 27 are with journalists.<br/><br/>Former Home Minister Buta Singh and Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh Vir Bhadra Singh have moved the Court against their eviction from government bungalows in Delhi. One Type-VII accommodation is under the occupation of former Union Minister Jaswant Singh who is seriously ill.

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