26-05-2025
Respond to AAP's office allotment repeal plea: HC to Centre
The Delhi High Court on Monday directed the Centre to respond to a petition filed by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) challenging the cancellation of its office allotted at Vithalbhai Patel House.
The court has posted the matter for hearing next on August 12.
According to the plea, the Centre cancelled on September 14, 2024 the order through which the office had been allotted to AAP, and the party was informed about the decision on January 17 this year. AAP contended that the decision was made without prior notice, in 'violation of the principles of natural justice and the Allotment of Government Residence Rules, 1963'. It also claimed that while it vacated the office on April 30 this year, it was illegally charged ₹8 lakh as rent.
'The bills dated March 6, 2024, and May 13, 2025, are stillborn documents, as their foundational document, being the ex-parte Cancellation Order dated September 14, 2024, was passed in violation of the principles of natural justice, as well as the Allotment of Government Residence (General Pool in Delhi) Rules, 1963,' the petition said.
