New Delhi, Oct. 8 -- An Indian Administrative Officer (IAF) posted in Uttar Pradesh has been asked to pay Rs.1.63 crore in 'damages' for 'unauthorised occupation' of an official bungalow in New Delhi, a report in the Indian Express said.

The officer, currently the District Magistrate of Lakhimpur Kheri, stated that she had sought extensions due to her parents' ill health and had requested a waiver of the penal charges.

As per the Indian Express report, the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), under the Union Agriculture Ministry, has issued notices to IAS officer Durga Shakti Nagpal seeking Rs.1.63 crore in damages for what it terms her "unauthorised occupation" of an official bungalow on its Pusa campus in Delhi between May 2...