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With regard to the Centre and the state’s claim that the With regard to the Centre and the state’s claim that the7, Akbar Road bungalow was meant for the Chief Minister ofJammu and Kashmir, she has told the high court that it wasalloted to her husband from 1999 onwards and was nevercancelled, even when he was not an MP or an MLA. In her plea in the high court, Payal has contended thatthe Centre’s letter of September 2015 by which the bungalow athere was allotted for official use of the Chief Minister ofJammu and Kashmir, was "a manipulative document" as it put thepremises under the state’s disposal with effect from aretrospective date six years prior. Payal in her plea and her reply has also contended thatthe website of the Department of Hospitality and Protocolof Government of Jammu and Kashmir shows that the residence ofChief Minister of the state was 5, Prithviraj Road. She has also claimed that as per information obtainedfrom the internet, "the number of security personnel requiredfor protecting a protectee assigned a specific category ofsecurity cannot be changed". "All protectees being provided Z plus category securityhave a total number of 36 security personnel protecting them,Z category has a security cover of 22 personnel, Y categoryhas a security cover of 11 personnel and X category has asecurity cover of 5 or 2 personnel and the number of securitypersonnel cannot be reduced depending upon the size andlocation of the accommodation of the protectee," her replysaid. PTI UK HMP ABA PPS RKSARC