New Delhi: The Delhi government has issued a notice to chief Arvind asking him to pay a rent of Rs. 85,000 per month for the flat in which he has been staying for the past more than a month even after resigning from the Chief Minister's post.

had sought an extension to stay in the C-II/23 house at Tilak Lane in Central Delhi till his daughter's examinations in May.

The notice was issued by the special Secretary of Public Works Department on Monday. When asked, an spokesperson said Kejriwal will pay the rent.

As per the notice, Kejriwal has been asked to pay Rs 85, 000 per month as rent from March 1 that is 15 days after he resigned from the chief minister's post on February 14.

Sources said the former chief minister has been asked to respond to the notice within a week.

Earlier this month, PWD had sent a letter to Kejriwal asking him to vacate the house as he had already crossed the 15-day deadline for staying in the official accommodation.

As per norms, a Delhi government minister can stay a maximum of 15 days in his official residence after demitting office without paying market rent. Kejriwal in return had sought an extension to stay in the house till his daughter's examinations got over in May.

Why are all the laws applicable to Kejriwal only?

An RTI reply shows 36 ex-ministers are "illegal occupants of govt bungalows". The data given by the Urban Development Ministry under the RTI to Subhash Agarwal shows that the ministers continue to squat on ministerial accommodation even after relinquishing office.

Among those who have been listed as unauthorized occupants include leaders like Mukul Wasnik, Ambika Soni, Ajay Maken, Subodh Kant Sahay, Saifuddin Soz, CP Joshi, Pawan Bansal, SM Krishna. leaders include LK Advani, Arun Jaitley, Sushma Swaraj, M Venkaiah Naidu, Ravi Shanakr Prasad, DMK's Dayanidhi Maran, M K Alagiri and T R Baalu, RJD's Raghuvansh Prasad Singh, Trinamool Congress's Saugata Ray and C M Jatua.

Recently, Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar was in the eye of a storm of a bungalow being converted in a memorial building in the name of her father. The bungalow has been given on a 25-year lease to a foundation in the name of her father Babu Jagjivan Ram.

The bungalow, reportedly let out to Babu Jagjivan Ram National Foundation for a monthly rent of Rs 79,565, was allotted to Meira Kumar and was asked to pay a rent of Rs 1.98 crore for the 2009 to 2013 period while the government's Directorate of Estates claimed during that period there was no claimant to the bungalow in question.

Earlier, the bungalow was allegedly under authorised or unauthorised possession of family-members of Babu Jahjiwanram for the last more than 27 years firstly in name of mother of Meira Kumar, then in name of Meira Kumar first as Parliamentarian and then as Union Minister. Problem arose when Meira Kumar was made Lok Sabha Speaker and there is a fixed official residence at Akbar Road (New Delhi) for Lok Sabha Speaker.