Pradhan Kaur has filed the case in the Tis Hazari court and it will come up for hearing early next month. Pradhan Kaur is occupying a sprawling bungalow on the Circular Road in Chanakyapuri which she was asked to vacate by January 27. The house was originally allotted to Zail Singh when he demitted office.

``Gianiji spent his last days in this house. My grandmom is very old, she won't be around for too long so why disturb her now? The house is full of his memories. When all other former Presidents' wives continue to enjoy the same privilege?'' says Gurinderjit Singh, Zail Singh's grandson who lives with Pradhan.

Pradhan Kaur continued to live in the type-VIII bungalow along with her grandson's family after her husband's death.According to the family, everything was going fine and nobody bothered them till the same bungalow was allotted to Sheila Dikshit when she became the Delhi Chief Minister.

``I met the Estate Officer R.S. Shukla on January 4. He claimed that they had sent us a letter allotting us a Type-VII house which never reached us. Instead we were sent an eviction order,'' says Gurinderjit Singh.

The Circular Road bungalow was upgraded from Type-VII to Type-VIII to accommodate the retinue of security guards surrounding Zail Singh, who was under Z-category security cover.

The wives of former Prime Ministers and Presidents are not entitled to live in Type-VIII houses which have additional staff quarters. ``My grandmother decided to file the case because she felt that we are being discriminated against. The wives of former Presidents continue to live in Type-VIII houses,'' says Singh.