Kashiram Rana, Naranbhai Rathwa, Vallabhbhai Kathiriya and Shankarsinh Vaghela are the ex members of parliament from Gujarat, not vacating their bungalows in Delhi’s Lutyen’s zone.

While ex-ministers Naranbhai and Shankarsinh Vaghela lost the Lok Sabha election, the BJP ex MPs Kashiram Rana and Vallabh Kathiriya did not contest the election as they were denied tickets by the party. As none of them is Member of Parliament anymore, the properties should be vacated as per the rule.

The information was revealed in response to an application by RTI activist Subhash Chandra Agrawal, who had asked for the list of unauthorised occupants in government accommodation, including those parliamentarians who had lost in the 2009 elections.

In its reply to the query, the urban development ministry’s estate department said it has prepared a list of 36 “unauthorised occupants of general pool bungalows”, including many high profile former parliamentarians.

The 36 ex-MPs or ministers who are unauthorised occupants of general pool bungalows are A. Narendra, Jagdish Tytler, L. Ganeshan, Saleem Sherwani, Basanagouda R. Patil, Faggan Singh Kulaste, Jual Oram, Kashiram Rana, Santosh Gangwar, Vallabhbhai Kathiriya, Vinod Khanna, Charanjit Singh Atwal, S.N. Jatiya, S.S. Badal, Subhash Maharia, K. Yerran Naidu, George Fernandes, V. Radhika Selvi, Naranbhai Rathwa, Raghunath Jha, Renuka Chowdhury, Shankersinh Vaghela, Kanti Singh, Priyaranjan Dasmunsi, Akhilesh Prasad Singh, Taslimuddin, Mahavir Prasad, Mani Shanker Aiyar, Suryakanta Patil, Ram Vilas Paswan, Santosh Mohan Dev, Subbalakshmi Jagadeesan, Mohd Ali Ashraf Fatmi, Jai Prakash Narain Yadav, Shakeel Ahmed and P.R. Kyndiah.

On the procedure and present status of evicting the unauthorised occupants, the department said: “Cancellation of allotment is made against the allottee in case of unauthorised occupation and eviction proceedings under the Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorised Occupants) Act, 1971, are initiated to get the accommodation vacated. All such cases have been referred to litigation division for necessary action.”

Asked if electricity and water supply has been stopped to such unauthorised occupants, it said this was the responsibility of the civic agency concerned – the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC).