The Aam Aadmi
Party has moved the Supreme Court against immediate removal of an
"encroachment" by it on a land allotted to the Delhi High Court at
Rouse Avenue here, saying it will severely prejudice the party as well as the
fairness of the electoral process in view of Lok Sabha polls.
In an application
filed in the pending matter related to judicial infrastructure, the AAP claimed
there is no question of it "encroaching" on a space that was duly
allotted to it in 2015 and that has been in its possession since then.
It said while the
party remains ready and willing to vacate the subject premises and requested
the top court to direct that such vacation be required only after at least one
of the two office spaces that the applicant is entitled to are allotted to it
in the New Delhi Municipal area of a nature appropriate to the applicant's
status as a National Party.
In view of these
circumstances, immediate vacation will mean that the applicant will be left
with none of the two office spaces it is entitled to under the applicable
guidelines.
"This will
severely prejudice the applicant as well as the fairness of the electoral
process, given the impending general elections and the fact that the other five
national parties are operating out of their allotted offices in New Delhi, the
application filed by advocate Prateek K Chadha said.
On February 13, the
top court had directed the Delhi government and the Registrar General of the
Delhi High Court to hold a meeting for removal of encroachment by the AAP on
the land in question.