SC agrees to hear Koshyari’s plea against show-cause notice for contempt
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Uttarakhand High Court sought contempt proceedings against the Maharashtra Governor for his alleged failure to pay lease for a authorities bungalow allotted to him as former CM.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear a plea of Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari against issuance of a show-cause notice by the Uttarakhand High Court on a petition in search of contempt proceedings against him for his alleged failure to pay lease for a authorities bungalow allotted to him as former Chief Minister of the State.
A Bench of justices R F Nariman, K M Joseph and Krishna Murari issued notice to the Uttarakhand authorities and tagged the matter together with the pending petitions on the problem.
The counsel showing for the State authorities accepted the notice.
On October 26, the Supreme Court had stayed contempt proceedings initiated against Union Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal for alleged non-compliance of the Uttarakhand High Court’s final 12 months order on fee of lease by former Chief Ministers of the State for occupying authorities lodging.
Mr. Koshyari, who sought keep of the High Court order, contended in his plea that he’s the sitting Governor of Maharashtra and referred to Article 361 of the Constitution which offers safety to President and Governors from invoking any such proceedings.
The plea mentioned the quantity of market lease has been arrived at with none rational and is very exorbitant for residential premises in Dehradun and haven’t been ascertained with out affording a possibility to hear him.
The petition difficult the High Court order has been filed by way of advocates Ardhendhu Mauli Prasad and Pravesh Thakur.
The Uttarakhand High Court had on May 3 final 12 months ordered former Chief Ministers of the State to pay market lease for the whole interval they occupy authorities lodging since demitting workplace.
The High Court had declared all authorities orders from 2001 offering housing and different services to former Chief Ministers within the State as unlawful and unconstitutional.
The High Court had directed that each one quantity due and payable in the direction of facilities resembling electrical energy, water, petrol, oil, and lubricants offered by the State to the previous Chief Ministers shall be computed by the State authorities inside 4 months from the date of receipt of the copy of the order.
It had additionally mentioned that the quantity shall be intimated to the previous Chief Ministers, who shall inside six months from the date of such intimation, pay the mentioned quantity to the State authorities.
The High Court had handed the order on a plea by a Dehradun-based NGO.
The NGO had filed a plea within the High Court alleging non-compliance of the order.
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