This Article is From Jul 05, 2013

Supreme Court gives timeframe for vacating government accommodation

New Delhi: The Supreme Court today issued guidelines giving timeframe for vacating government accommodation by judges and government employees upon their retirement or seizing to occupy the office. This also applies to members of parliament.

The apex court bench headed by Justice P Satsasivam said that judges would vacate government accommodation within one month of their retirement and the government employee would do so within 15 days of their retirement.

In case of member of parliament, if they fail to vacate government accommodation within a stipulated time, then the estate department would report the matter to Lok Sabha speaker or Rajya Sabha chairman, as the case may be.

The speaker of Lok Sabha would in turn refer the matter to the house committee which would take appropriate steps to secure the vacation of government accommodation.
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