GUIDELINES FOR ALLOTMENT OF ACCOMMODATION
FROM GENERAL POOL TO THE POLITICAL PARTIES
FACT
SHEET
National political parties:
(i) The National
Political parties, which have been recognized as such by the Election
Commission of India, would be allowed to retain/secure allotment
of one housing unit from General Pool in Delhi for their office
use on payment of licence fee.
The said accommodation
will be provided for a period of three years during which the
party would acquire a plot of land in an institutional area and
will construct its own accommodation for party office.
(ii) One residential
accommodation would be allotted/allowed to be retained by the
party President of recognized national party in case the president
does not have a house in Delhi, either of his own or allotted
by Government in any other capacity.
State Level Political
Parties:
The facility of office
accommodation will also be given to the state level parties recognized
by the Election Commission of India provided it has, in the opinion
of the Accommodation Committee of Cabinet, adequate representation
in Parliament and its case for allotment is approved by the CCA
on its merit. The said accommodation will be provided to the State
Level Party as long as it is recognized by the Election Commission
of India and has adequate representation in the Parliament as
decided by the CCA.
Only those recognized
State level parties that have a strength of 7 members in both
Houses of the Parliament would be eligible for allotment of accommodation
for their party office. Such accommodation may be provided in
Vithalbhai Patel House (V.P. House) only. One double suite accommodation
in V.P. House may be allotted to the recognized State level party.
Staff of the Parliamentary
parties in both the Houses of Parliament:
(i) Eight single
room suites would be allotted/allowed to be retained by those
parliamentary parties whose strength in Parliament is above 200.
(ii) Six single
room suites or two double room suites & two single room suites
would be considered for retention/allotment of those parliamentary
Parties whose strength in parliament is 200 or less but not less
than 150 members.
(iii) Those parties,
which have less than 150 members in Parliament but not less than
50 members, will be entitled to 2 single room suits in the V.P.
House.
