Delhi court's stay on NAC property row

NEW DELHI, March 9: After coming into controversy over occupancy of office space, Nepal Airlines Corporation’s regional office in New Delhi has now
obtained a stay order from Delhi High Court, thereby saving itself from the embarassment of getting evicted.

“The court order was received on Saturday and we have solved the problem temporarily at least,” Shyamdhowj Silwal, the Regional Director of NAC, confirmed to Republica, adding, “We will now have to wait for the final verdict from the court.”


NAC has claimed that the earlier court ruling to vacate the office space was an “erroneous judgment.”

NAC has claimed that the person who barged into its office on February 26 is only one of the ten persons who own the property and thus can claim only 1/10 of the property. On that day, the house owner and his henchmen had evicted NAC from its office at Janapath and vandalized NAC property.

“When all the other nine owners have no problems with the NAC staying put in the office complex, how can the court make a ruling in favor of just one
owner?” an NAC official questioned seeking anonymity. “That is why the stay order has come,” the official added.

NAC has leased the space in Janpath for over 25 years. The lease agreement was inked between NAC and Srishti Properties on behalf of the landlords for the use of the ground floor and the first floor of the building. This is a prime office location in the Indian capital.

This particular owner (name undisclosed) has accused NAC of paying meager IRs 1,100 till date whereas rent amount has actually skyrocketed over the years. However, the office complex has been under ownership dispute constantly for many years.

“It is true that the rent has not been increased over the years, but this is an issue which has to be decided by the management itself,” Silwal, who along with his employees have gone through a rough time in the past week, shared with Republica.

Although the case is subjudice, the question arises as to why the NAC management in Nepal is silent about the problem it has faced for almost a decade now.

Blaming the management for its indecision, an NAC staffer in Delhi regional office said, “The management should have settled the rent issue a long time
back,” adding, “Had the management been responsible we would not have had to go through such humiliations.”

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