A bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw said that it will pass an order after the counsel for the petitioner and the respondents concluded their arguments, in which the Lok Sabha Secretariat told the court that they cannot recover the outstanding telephone and electricity bills from former MPs.
Senior advocate Maninder Acharya, appearing for Lok Sabha Secretariat, contended that there are over 300 sitting MPs/ex- MPs/ex-ministers.
The bench was hearing a PIL by NGO Krishak Bharat, which had moved court in 1998 seeking directions to the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC), Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL), Central Public Works Department (CPWD) and India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) to recover their dues running into crores from hundreds of sitting and former MPs, which they owe to the four public utilities for enjoying their services.
The petitioner alleged that they had availed services in ITDC hotels and failed to clear the bills.
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ITDC had said that dues of over Rs 8 lakh were pending against 244 former MPs. He had said that ITDC has initiated execution proceedings against 37 of them.