NEW DELHI, Nov 7: Romesh Sharma's associate Kunzom Budhraj is on the prowl again, looking for another house. Following an order by Additional District Judge (ADJ) S N Dhingra, the Budhraj family was made to vacate the B-121 Sarvodaya Enclave home, where they have been living for the past three years.Dismissing Kunzom's application for a stay on the eviction proceedings, the ADJ said: ``Perhaps she wanted to keep the premises with her as long as possible by protracting the court process, without payment of rent.'' The judge also said her application ``has been made deliberately at the stage when execution of the decree was in progress through police aid''.The present owner P P Grover today said, ``They started moving their things out last night itself and finally left today. There is such a sense of relief for not just my family but also for our neighbours. We have lived under such tension for the past few years, as Romesh Sharma's men would hang around the house or come here in the middle of the night.This is the first victory.''With them, the Budhrajs also took some of the fittings in the second floor apartment. The two-bedroom house was in a state of complete disarray. The light fittings had been yanked out, there were paan-stains all over the bathroom and even in the commode and there were broken flower pots in the balcony.Before leaving they also managed to burn what appeared to be a large number of papers. There were charred remains in a broken flower pot on the terrace, and another heap on a piece of metal.While the house now belongs to Grover, the suit was filed by the original owner P L Chopra on October 24, 1996, who continues to live in one section of the same house. Chopra had filed a suit for eviction and recovery of rent against Kunzom, who had moved into the flat on August 11, 1995. According to Chopra, the Budhrajs weren't paying rent after February 1, 1996.Chopra sent Kunzom a legal notice on August 24, 1996, asking her to vacate the house and pay the rent. Another process wassent on December 12, 1996 and finally the court passed an exparte decree on April 28, 1997. Kunzom never appeared in court. When the bailiff went to take possession of the premises on May 4, 1998 he was stopped by Kunzom's brother who said that his sister owned the house and he wouldn't let anyone enter as she wasn't at home.
