It was an extremely pleasant surprise for the hutment-dweller when the Government officials told him that ......

• A. he had to vacate hutment which he had been unauthorisedly occupying
• B. he had been gifted with a furnished apartment in a multi-storeyed building
• C. he would be arrested for wrongfully encroaching on the pavement outside his dwelling
• D. they would not accede to his request
• E. they had received the orders from the court to take possession of all his belongings