High Court order on bungalows "allotted" to Mayawati

LUCKNOW: The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court has directed a petitioner to do more research work and find out as to how many other bungalows had been merged in the city of Lucknow on identical pattern in the matter related to bungalow allotment to former chief minister Mayawati.

It granted 10 days time to the petitioner to file a supplementary affidavit in this regard.

Earlier, the state government had sought more time from the court for filing a reply and bringing more details of merger of bungalows in the city of Lucknow irrespective of parties. The court had listed the matter related to Mayawati's bungalow on December 9.

A division bench of justice Satyendra Singh Chauhan and justice Aditya Nath Mittal gave this order on a public interest litigation (PIL) petition filed by M L Yadav in 2013 seeking a direction to produce all the records of bungalow No. 9 in Mall Avenue here and make clear under which procedure/channel it was ultimately allegedly transferred in Mayawati's name.

He also sought a direction for a detailed inquiry by an independent agency like CBI in this matter.

The petitioner further sought a direction to remove/demolish all alleged illegal encroachment/construction raised in bungalow No. 4, 12, 14 an 16 situated on Gurudwara Raqabganj Road, New Delhi. The petitioner alleged that in the four bungalows in New Delhi, illegal construction was made by Mayawati.

He said bungalow no.9 in Mall Avenue here was transferred in her name in an illegal and arbitrary manner.

On Wednesday, a short counter affidavit (reply) was filed by the state, in which it was pointed out that three more bungalows had been identified there wherein one bungalow had been merged to give shape to one bungalow. Then the court passed the aforesaid order and directed to list the PIL on January 11, 2016.