Millennium Post: New Delhi: Thursday, 9th July
2026.
An official Right to Information (RTI) reply has stated that the Congress has remained in ‘unauthorised occupation’ of its former headquarters at 24, Akbar Road in New Delhi since June 26, 2013.
The RTI response also says
that the Union government has not received any rent for the property during
this period and that the party’s outstanding dues are still being assessed.
The RTI reply, furnished by the Directorate of Estates, which falls under the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, states that Bungalow No. 24, Akbar Road, located in Lutyens’ Delhi, was allotted to the Congress party on August 7, 1992.
However, its allotment was cancelled with effect from June 26, 2013, and the bungalow has remained under the party’s unauthorised occupation ever since, according to the government.
The RTI applicant also sought copies of notices, if any, issued by the government asking the Congress to vacate the bungalow.
The Directorate declined to provide the information, stating that such records are not maintained in a compiled form and that compiling them would disproportionately divert the resources of the public authority under Section 7(9) of the RTI Act.
Meanwhile, the recent RTI also sought information regarding 11, Ashoka Road, another address in Lutyens’ Delhi and the former headquarters of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which leads the Central government.
The Directorate of Estates confirmed that the bungalow was allotted to the saffron party on March 21, 1985.
However, it said the property now forms part of the Lok Sabha Members’ Pool, and the application regarding information on rent collection and the entity paying rent has been subsequently transferred to the Lok Sabha Secretariat.
The reply further states that the outstanding dues of the BJP towards the government, if any, are under review and yet to be determined.
An official Right to Information (RTI) reply has stated that the Congress has remained in ‘unauthorised occupation’ of its former headquarters at 24, Akbar Road in New Delhi since June 26, 2013.
The RTI reply, furnished by the Directorate of Estates, which falls under the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, states that Bungalow No. 24, Akbar Road, located in Lutyens’ Delhi, was allotted to the Congress party on August 7, 1992.
However, its allotment was cancelled with effect from June 26, 2013, and the bungalow has remained under the party’s unauthorised occupation ever since, according to the government.
The RTI applicant also sought copies of notices, if any, issued by the government asking the Congress to vacate the bungalow.
The Directorate declined to provide the information, stating that such records are not maintained in a compiled form and that compiling them would disproportionately divert the resources of the public authority under Section 7(9) of the RTI Act.
Meanwhile, the recent RTI also sought information regarding 11, Ashoka Road, another address in Lutyens’ Delhi and the former headquarters of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which leads the Central government.
The Directorate of Estates confirmed that the bungalow was allotted to the saffron party on March 21, 1985.
However, it said the property now forms part of the Lok Sabha Members’ Pool, and the application regarding information on rent collection and the entity paying rent has been subsequently transferred to the Lok Sabha Secretariat.
The reply further states that the outstanding dues of the BJP towards the government, if any, are under review and yet to be determined.
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