‘Omar Abdullah’s estranged wife can’t get govt house’

NEW DELHI: Payal Abdullah, estranged spouse of former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah, cannot be given government accommodation on security grounds,

NEW DELHI: Payal Abdullah, estranged spouse of former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah, cannot be given government accommodation on security grounds, which is available to SPG protectees only, the Centre on Thursday told the Delhi high court. The ministry of urban development told justice Indermeet Kaur that the government accommodation, on security grounds, can be made available to private persons only when they are SPG protectees. “It was declared that under the office memorandum of 2000 issued by the directorate of estate, ministry of urban development and poverty alleviation, that no government accommodation will be allotted to any private person on any security consideration, except to Special Protection Group (SPG) protectees.”

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