Delhi High Court Rejects PIL Against CM Atishi For Allowing Manish Sisodia To Use Her Govt Bungalow

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday dismissed a PIL seeking action against Chief Minister Atishi for allowing senior AAP leader and former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and his family members to use the government allotted bungalow. A division bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela rejected the PIL filed by Sanjeev Jain, claiming to be a social worker and an RTI activist. The Court said that if any Rules are violated in the matter, the authorities are fully competent to take action as and when required. “We do not consider it apposite to pass any orders in the petition. If any Rules are violated, the concerned authorities are fully competent to take action as and when required. Dismissed,” the Court said. The petition refers to the government bungalow which was allotted to Sisodia but was later allotted to Atishi in March 2023 after the former was arrested in relation to the liquor policy case. The PIL alleged that Sisodia was sent behind jail in March 2023, yet his entire family continued to reside in the government bungalow, even after he resigned from his post. “That it is also very surprised that when the above mentioned bungalow has been allotted to Ms. Aathishi Merlena in the Month of March, 2023 and she was living in the area of Jangpura, New Delhi and she never raised any objection of living Mr. Manshi Sisodia's family in the above mentioned bungalow,” the plea said. It was alleged that the action of the Chief Minister in allowing Sisodia to reside in her Government Bungalow is a “clear-cut misuse of Government Property”. As per the PIL, the same was a “sharp violation” of settled Rules and Regulation for allotment and vacation of the Government Property.“That it might be that Smt. Aatishi has extended gainful benefit to Mr. Manish Sisodia for getting high rank in her the Political Party and for getting more faith of Mr. Manish Sisodia, who is Guru in Political Career and such type of practice can not be committed for personal benefit to show her loyalty towards her political party on the stake of Government Property,” the plea said. Title: Sanjeev Jain v. UOI & Anr. Citation: 2025 LiveLaw (Del) 38

Delhi High Court Rejects PIL Against CM Atishi For Allowing Manish Sisodia To Use Her Govt Bungalow

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