NEW DELHI: The Narendra Modi government is considering a proposal to evict Congress from its headquarters on 24 Akbar Road and three other bungalows in Lutyens’ Delhi , besides demanding market rent on these properties since June 2013.The development comes nearly two years after the BJP-led government served a notice to Congress to vacate the bungalows since the lease had run out. 24 Akbar Road has housed the principal opposition party since 1976.Congress was allotted land in June 2010 for building a party office on 9-A Rouse Avenue. As per the government policy on allotment of land to political parties, a party gets three years to build its office after allotment of land. Therefore, the party was required to vacate the four bungalows leased to it by June 2013.The Directorate of Estates, under urban development ministry, is planning to send a fresh notice to Congress to recover the outstanding dues, senior officials privy to the matter told ET.The directorate served a notice to Congress in this regard in January 2015, said one of the officials, who did not wish to be identified. Besides, the official said, the directorate has prepared an estimate on the outstanding dues for the bungalows including the ones on 26 Akbar Road, 5 Raisina Road and C-II/109 Chanakyapuri. While those on 24 and 26 Akbar Road are Type VIII bungalows, the other two are Type VI bungalows.The difference between the subsidised monthly rent being paid and the market rate — “damage charges” in the directorate’s parlance — is about Rs 2 lakh per month for a Type VIII bungalow and Rs 70,000 for a Type VI bungalow.The rent paid by the party ranges between Rs 26,000 and Rs 77,000 per month for the four buildings while the market rate varies between Rs 67,000 and Rs 2.33 lakh per month plus garden charges.When contacted, Congress treasurer Motilal Vora said, “We have an extension of time to build our new party office till 2018. We are paying the rent which we are required to.” An urban development ministry official, however, refuted this claim. “The claim is wrong. They had sought extension of three years subject to sanction of building plans. They were not granted an extension,” the official said on condition of anonymity.The Congress has already been served notice that it has exceeded the three-year period and that it has to pay market rent with interest, the official said. “This issue still stands. The issue of eviction proceedings will be addressed by urban development minister M Venkaiah Naidu,” he said.Director (estates) Anand Singh has moved the fresh proposal to secretary (urban development), officials said. The proposal suggests that the issue be sent to eviction branch for “necessary process”, they said. “It (eviction) is a political call. But the directorate will issue a fresh notice to Congress for payment. The final eviction is done through a process,” an official said.