FIRST APPEAL UNDER SECTION 19(1) OF RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT

Shri PK Misraji, Additional Secretary

& First Appellate Authority

Lok Sabha Secretariat

Room Number F-014, G-block
Parliament Library Building, New Delhi-l 10001

Sir
I vide my RTI petition dated 05.05.2015 addressed at Union Ministry of Parliamentry Affairs
sought complete information together with relevant documents/corrospondence/file-notings on
under-mentioned aspects:
1. Complete information together with related correspondence/file-notings/documents
on action taken on each aspect of enclosed submissions routed to MPA through PG
portal either by MPA andlor by any concerned where submissions might have been
forwarded
a) 'Be careful about possible extended use of hotel-rooms

by new

Parliamentarians' (MINP A/E/20 14/00097)/19.06.2014

b) 'Allowing over-occupying hotel-rooms by Parliamentarians despite caution
lodged

at

Public-Griviance-Portal

long

back'

(MINPA/E/2015/00108)/29.04.2015

2. Complete list of Union ministers, members of Rajya Sabha and 16th Lok Sabha
(mentioning their respective political parties) who did not vacate hotel
accommodations/guest-houses etc after their taking possession of government
accommodations mentioning respective dates of (a) their taking possession of
government-accommodations (b) vacating hotel-rooms (c) not yet vacated
3. Complete information on rules about charging rent of hotel-rooms/guest-houses etc
from Parliamentarians/Union Ministers etc who continued occupying these even after
taking possession of government-accommodations mentioning clearly if such rent is
to be paid by concerned Parliamentarian/Union Minister or by a public-authority
revealing name of the public-authority who has to bear such rent for over-occupation
of hotel-rooms/guest-houses etc from ParliamentarianslUnion Ministers etc

4. Complete infonnation on rent paid/due from the pUblic-exchequer/s for hotel

rooms/guest-houses etc in respect of Union Ministers and members of Rajya Sabha
and Lok Sabha for the years 2014 and 2015

S. Complete information on rent paid/due for hotel-rooms/guest-houses etc in respect of

Union Ministers and members of Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha for the period after they
took possession of respective government-accommodations, separately for each of
such continuing with hotel-rooms/guest-houses etc after taking possession of
government-accommodations

6. Is it true that there have been cases when there was a dispute between
hotels/MoUD/others including like Lok Sabha Secretariat for rent of over-occupation
of hotel-rooms by Parliamentarians
7. Complete infonnation on public-authorities/individuals etc having ultimately paid
rent of over-occupation of hotel-rooms by Parliamentarians as in query above

8. Complete infonnation together with related file-notings/correspondence/documents

etc on action taken (including initiation of recovery-proceedings/deduction of such
rent from salaries/allowances etc) against ParliamentarianslUnion Ministers in the
years 2014 and 2015 for not vacating hotel-rooms/guest-houses etc after taking
possession of government-accommodations
9. Is it true that if some fonner Union Minister/s and/or Parliamentarianls (may be like
Shri SM Krishna) paid rent for over-occupation of hotel-room/s after they took
possession of government-accommodations
10. If yes, provide details mentioning name/s of concerned ones and respective amounts

paid
11. Complete infonnation on members of Union Ministers. fonner members of Rajya

Sabha and 15th or earlier Lok Sabhas who did not vacate government
accommodations in stipulated time after losing entitlements in the years 2014 and
2015 mentioning dates of their losing entitlement and vacating government

accommodations mentioning also addresses. type of accommodations and rent

charged/chargeable in each such case
12. Complete infonnation on putting above details on website
13. File-notings on movement ofRTI-petition

Learned CPIO at Lok Sabha Secretariat where petition was transferred under section 6(3) ofRTI
Act vide response No. 1(681)/IC/15 dated 30.06.2015 in response to point (2) of RTI petition
replied that information in respect of Union Ministers and Rajya sabha members still lodged in
transit-accommodations is not available with him. Also learned CPIO replied that the matter
relating to taking possession of Government accommodations by the MPs of Lok Sabha do not
pertain to concerned Branch, and the same are dealt with by the CPWD in their respective
enquiries. I appeal that learned CPIO may kindly be directed to transfer/revert back RTI petition
to concerned ones under section 6(3) of RTI Act under due intimation to me for such remaining
part of query (2) ofRTI petition..

Learned CPIO in response to query-numbers (3) to (13) replied that these matters do not pertain
to concerned branch of Lok Sabha Secretariat and the same is dealt with by the Directorate of
Estates, Union Ministry of Urban Development. I appeal that learned CPIO may kindly be
directed to transfer/forward RTI petition to concerned sections of Lok Sabha Secretariat and/or
to other public-authorities under provisions of RTI Act under due intimation to me. It is prayed
accordingl y.

Humbly submitted

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INFORMATION CELL

PARLIAMENT HOUSE

NEW DELHI-110001

No. 1(681)/IC/15

30.06.2015

From
K.Sona
Under Secretary
To

~ Subhash Chandra Agrawal,

1775 Kucha Lattushah Cariba,
Chandni Chowk,
Celhi-110006.

Subject: Supply of informationunder the Right to Information Act, 2005.

I

Sir,
With reference to your RTI application dated 05.05.15, received in this Secretariat
dated 12.05.2015, transferred from Mlo Parliamentary Affairs for points no. 2 to 13. I am
directed to enclose the information as furnished by the Divisions concerned of this
Secretariat (Annexure), as approved by the CPIO.
2.

The details of the ePlo is as follows:

Shri J.M.Baisakh, Director & CPIO. Room NO. 164, Parliament House Annexe
New Delhi- 11000 1(Tel. 23035386)

3.

r~

The Appellate Authority under the RTI Act, 2005 for the Secretariat is Shri P. K.
Misra, Additional Secretary, Lok Sabha Secretariat, Room No. F-014. G-Block.
Parliament Library Building. New Delhi -110001 (Tel. 23034588). In case you want to go
for an appeal. you may appeal to the Appellate Authority within thirty days from the date
of receipt of this letter.

UNDER SECRETARY

Encl: As above

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Annexure
,
Name of the Applicant: Shri Subhash Chandra Agrawal
Application Dated 05.05.15
Reference: Lok Sabha Secretariat Letter No 1(681)IIC/15 dated 30.06.2015
Point
No.

3to 13

Point raise (In brief)

Reply

Complete list of Union List of Members of 16tn Lok Sabha who are staying
Ministers, Members of in State Guest Houses due to non-habitable or
Rajya Sabha and 16th certain necessary addition / alteration/repair work
Lok Sabha (mentioning pending in their regular accommodations is
their respective political enciosed(Appendix-I). No. member is staying in
parties) who did not Hotel. The details of Union Minister and MPs of
vacate
hotel Rajya Sabha do not pertain to conern Branch.
accommodations/ guest
houses etc after their The matter relating to taking possession of
taking possession of Government accommodations by the MPs of Lok
Government
Sabha do not pertain to concern Branch and the
accommodations
same are dealt with by the CPWD in their
mentioning
respective respective enquires.
dates of (a) their taking
possession
of
Government
(b)
accommodations
vacating hotel rooms;
and (c) not yet vacated.
Complete information on These matters do not pertain to concern Branch of
rules about charging rent this Secretariat and the same are dealt with by the
of hotel rooms/guest Directorate of Estates, Ministry of Urban
from Development, Government of India.
houses
etc
Parliamentarian/ Union
Ministers
etc
who A copy of reply received from Directorate of Estate
continued
occupying (MPs Accommodation Section) is enclosed
these even after taking (Appendix-II).
possession
of
Government
accommodations
mentioning clearly if
sUbh rent is to be paid
by
concerned
Parliamentarian/Union
Minister or by a public
authority revealing name
of the public authority
who has to bear such
rent for over-occupation
of hotel rooms/ guest
houses
etc
from
Parliamentarians/Union
Ministers etc.
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Transit Accommodation to Member

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lSI.
No.

J Parliament in 16

Name of the MemDer

th

Date of
Habitable

//1P.Cjt(P~ 2

Lok Sabhha still staving in ___ )us State Guest Houses in Delhi as on 15.6.2015

Bungalow I Flat No. allotted

Remarks

ANDHRA PRADESH BHAWAN

1.
2.

Ch. MalIa Reddy

A-I, M.s. Flats alongwith units

Dr. Boora Narsaiah Goud

109, South Avenue

Flat non habitable

Flat non habitable

3.

Rammohan Naidu
Kinjarapu

59, South Avenue

Flat non habitable

4.

J.C.Divakar Reddy

21, Lodhi Estate

Flat non habitable

BIHARNIWAS

5.
6.

Janardan Singh "Sigriwal"

Shailesh Kumar Urph Bulo
MandaI

C-1/19, Pandara Park

B-703, M.S.Flats

Flat non habitable

Flat non habitable

CH HATTISGARH

7.

Tamradhwaj Sahu

102, New M.S. Flats (Kaveri)

Flat non habitable

Gujarat Bhawan

8.

Fatepara Devajibhai
Govindbhai

113, South Avenue

Flat non habitable

HARYANA BHAWAN

9.
10.

Ashwini Kumar
Rattan Lal Kataria

703, New MS Flat (Kaveri)

4-A, Telegraph Lane

Flat non habitable

Flat non habitable

KERALA HOUSE

11.

Innocent

301, New M.S. Flats (Kaveri)

Flat non habitable

,,=~.1us State Guest Houses in Delhi as on 15.6.2015

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Transit Accommodation to Membe.') Parliament in 16th lok Sabhha still stav.ing in

Bungalow I Flat No. allotted
Date of
Name oftbe Member
Habitable

Remarks

1
Mabarashtra Sadan
12.

16.
17.

Jadhav Sanjay (Bandu)

Haribhau

Poonam Mahajan

Arvind Sawant

Mohite PatH Vijaysinh

Shankarrao

Vinayak Bhaurao Raut

Anju Bala

18.

Nagendra Singh

19.
20.

Santokh Singh Chaudhary

Bhagwant Mann

21.
22.
23.
24.

Manoj Rajoriya

Hariom Singh Rathore

Sukhbir Singh Jaunapuria

Harish Chandra Meena

25.
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.
31.
32.

Dr. J. Jayavardhan

Vijaya Kumar. S.R.

Ramachandran, K.N.

Vanaroja, R. .

Dr. K Kamaraj ..

Gopalakrishnan, C.

Nagarajan~ P.

Mahendran. C

13.
14.
15.

05.12.2014
28.04.2015

07.05.2015

22.04.2015

B-402, M.S.Flats

Flat non habitable

67, North Avenue

702, New M.S. Flats (Narmada)

302, New M.S. Flats (Kaveri)

Habitable

Habitable

Flat non habitable

C-4, M.S. Flats

91, North Avenue
MPBhawan

Flat non habitable

Flat non habitable

801, New M.S. Flats (Kaveri)

Punjab Bhawan
31, Ferozeshah Road
C-l, M.S.Flats
Rajashstban House

Flat non habitable

Flat non habitable

Flat non habitable

189, South Avenue

111, South Avenue
104-106, North Avenue
C/l0, Tilak Lane
Tamilnadu House

Fiat non habitable

Flat non habitable

Flat non habitable

Habitable

118, North Avenue

107, South Avenue
26, Mahadev Road
114, South Avenue
158, South Avenue
201, South Avenue
226, North Avenue
72, North Avenue

Habitable

Flat non habitable

Flat non habitable

Flat non habitable

Flat non habitable

Flat non habitable

Flat non habitable

Flat non habitable

Name of the Mem ber

Parliament in 16th lok Sabhha still staving in ~1us State Guest Houses in Delhi as on 15.6.2015
Bungalow / Flat No. allotted
Remarks
Date of
Habitable

33.
34.
35.
36.
37.

Thambidurai, M.
Bharathi Mohan. R.K
Radhakrishnan. T.
Anwhar Raajhaa. A .
Vasanthi.M

38.

Ashok Kumar Doharey

B-602, M.S. Flats

Banga Bhawan

Flat non habitable

39.
40.

Renuka Sinha
Khan Saumitra

Flat non habitable

Flat non habitable

41.
42.
43.
44.
45.

Bodhsingh Bhagat
Prof. Chintamani Malviya
Dilip Patel
Janardan Singh "Sigriwal"
Choudhary Mahboob Ali
Kaiser
Ram Charitra Nishad
Varaprasad Rao
Velagapalli

216, North Avenue

174, North Avenue
Western Court Hostel
401, New M.S. Flats (Kaveri)
107-109 North Avenue
701, New M.S. Flats (Kaveri)
C-1/19, Pandara Park
803, New M.S. Flat (Kaveri)

Flat non habitable

Habitable

Flat non habitable

Flat non habitable
Flat non habitable

84, South Avenue

802, New M.S. Flats (Kaveri)

Flat non habitable

Flat non habitable

46.
47.

27.04.2015
25.04.2015
20.04.2015
28.04.2015
22.04.2015

2, Kamraj Lane
16-A, Ferozeshah Road
112, South Avenue
202, New M.S.Flats, Narmada
172, North Avenue
U.P.Bhawan

Habitable
Habitable
Habitable
Habitable
Habitable

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Speed Post
Most Immediate
RTIMatter
No. 6(25)-Allot MP(RTI)/2015
Government of India
Directorate of Estate
(MPs Accommodation Section)
,
Nirrnan Bhawan, N ey.r Delhi,
Datedl-b -6-15
To

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Subhash ChWld:sAgrawal.

, 1775, -Ku~~a Lat6;.shah~

, Dariba, Chandni Chowk, Delhi

Subject: Information under RTfAct 2005- Regarding.

Sir,

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,
. I &..111 drrected to 'refer :to YQur RTI application dat,ed 05.05.15 received by the
and: to .:prov~a@ ..followhtg infol1llation to item
undersigned on 2~.05. 1'5
Nos3,4,5,6,7,12 & 13 on,the basis ()fthe inrorrnation as per available records:
Item No. 3 -- Room Tariff 'in respect .of stay of Hon'ble Nfl> in transit
accommodation(Le. State Bhawans/Sadans/ITDC Hotels) is paid by Directoate of
Estates, Mlo Urban Development, Government of India. Such payment is made
after getting the period of stay confirmed/regularized from Lok SabhalRajya
Sabha Secretariat. Once a regular accommodation is allotted to the Hon'ble MP
& the same is declared habitable by CPWD, 14 days time is givell to ItIon'ble MP
to shift to the habitable declared accommodation. No payment is made by the
Govt. of Iridia for overstay by Hon'ble MP in transit accommodation.
Item No.4 - Rent paid for transit stay of newly elected MPs in the year 2014(i.e.
1st Jan. to 31 st Dec.,2011 ) is Rs. 2,90,67, 493/- and in the year 2105 (i.e. 1st
Jan.,2015 to till22.05.15j~s. 21,02,18,717/-.
'
Item No.5 - No such data is available with CPIO.
..
Item No: 6 -- No.
Item No.7 - Question does not arbe in view of the reply to item. No.3.
Item No. 12 - A copy of'i'he reply is being endorsed to DD(Computer) for
uploading the above infomlation on website.
Item No. 13 - As your RTI Petition is under process therefore the exact amount
which is required to be :deposited by an applicant for obtaining copies of the
documents cant not be deteremind at this stage.
2.
Rest part1'fthe Information will be provided by the concerned CPIOs.
3.
The First Appellete Authority in the matter -i~ , Shri Anand Singh~ Dir~c[Or of
Estates, Room No. 442C, 4th floor, Nirrnan Bhaw~l. New D~tlii; T:,~r~r~.one No.
23062005.
E:lcL . A.s above

Copy forwarded for infonnatlon & necessary acti~n :;.

1.
DirectorlUnder SeC'retary, Rajya SabhaiLok Sabha Secretariat, Parliament House

Annexe, New Delhi It is requested that the requi~ite information under point No.2

of the R TI may kindly provided directly to the applicant.

2.
CPIOs, Hotel Sa,mrat, Janpath & The Ashok, New Delhi. It is requested that the

requisite information Under point No. 4(part) & 9 of the RTI may kindly be provided

directly to the applicant..

3
CPIOs, All the % of Resident Commissioners/Administrators, StatelUT

Bhawans/Sadans in Delhi. It is requested that the requisite information under point No,

4(part) & 8 of the RTI may be kindly provided directly to the applicant.

4.
DD(Rent), Directorate of Estates, It is requested that the requisite information

under point No. 11 may kindly be provided directly to the applicant.

S.
DD(Computer), Directorate of Estates, It is requested that the above information

may kindly uploaded on Directorate of Estates's official website as requisit~y the

applicant under item No: 12 of the RTI.

6.
Assistant. Drrector(RTI), RTI Cell, Directorate of Estates, Nirman Bhawan~ New

Delhi w.r.t. their O.M. No. 1I340/2015/RTICIDE, dated 22.05:15. It is requested that the

requisite infonn.tlon under point No. 1 may kindly be provided directly to~

(G.P. Sarkar)
Deputy Director of Estates & CPIO

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Dated the 6 th July, 2015

From

Prem Singh

Joint Director

To

Shri Subhash Chandra Agrawal,

1775 Kucha Lattushah,

Dariba, Chandni Chowk,

Delhi-110006.

Sir,
I am directed to refer to your e-mail dated the 3rd June, 2015 addressed to the Hon'ble
Chairman, Rajya Sabha and inform that all the details regarding Members ofRajya Sabha such
as their present and permanent addresses, telephone numbers, e-mail addresses, bio-data etc.
are available in public domain, on the web-site http.rajyasabha@sansad.nic.in and the same is
regularly updated by the Secretariat.
2.
As regards double occupation of transit & regular accommodation by some MPs, it is
informed that the newly elected/nominated Members of Rajya Sabha are provided one single
suite each free of rent, as transit accommodation, preferably in the State Guest
Houses/Bhawans owned by the State Governments in New Delhi and in ITDC Hotels ( if
accommodation is not available in the State Guest Houses/Bhawans ). till such time the regular
accommodation allotted to them are made habitable by CPWD. The rent in respect of the
'
transit accommodation is paid by the Directorate of Estates (DoE). However, Members a r e - J
liable to pay charges for food, beverages and other additional services, including charges of
telephone etc. in State Guest Hoses, etc., directly to the authorities concerned. As decided by
the House Committee, a Member gets 14 days time from the date of habitability to occupy the
regular accommodation and vacate the transit accommodation. Members are liable to pay rent
for the period of overstay in the transit accornmodation in case they do not vacate the same
even after the 14th day of habitability of the regular accommodation allotted to him.
The
information regarding rules governing the transit accommodation and regular accommodation
to be provided to MPs are already available in public domain, on the web site
http.rajyasabha@sansad.nic.in.
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3.
As regards the case of Shri Gireesh Kumar Sanghi, ex-MP, it is informed that as per
CPWD's records, technically Shri Sanghi is'in occupation of bungalow no. 7, Talkatora Road.
CPWD has not so far issed the vacation report in his name in view of the unauthorized
construction carried out by Shri Sanghi. The said bungalow was allotted by the Chairman,
House Committee, Rajya Sabha in the name of Shri C.M. Ramesh, M.P. on 22.2.2013 on
vacation basis. Moreover, the ground reality is that Shri C.M. Ramesh, M.P. is physically
residing in bungalow no. 7, Talkatora Road since 18.3.2013. He has also got electricity, water
and telephone connections in his name in the bungalow. It has also been ascertained from
N.D.M.C. that he has got the electricity and water connection in his name w.e.f. 25.2.2013 in
the aforesaid bungalow. Moreover, all parliamentary papers are also being sent to him at
this address. It is further clarified that Shri C.M. Ramesh, M.P. has not been allotted any other
regular or transit accommodation. House Committee has taken a decision that the penal rent of
bungalow no. 7, Talkatora Road should be stopped from the date of occupation of the said
bungalow by Shri C.M. Ramesh, M.P. albeit technically it may not have been transferred by
CPWD.

Yours faithfully,

(PREM SINGH)
PH : 23035583