New Delhi: Disqualified Janata Dal United MP Sharad Yadav on Thursday undertook in the Supreme Court not to draw his salary or perks till Delhi High Court decided his petition against his disqualification from the Rajya Sabha.

Later, the bench of Justices A.K. Goel and Ashok Bhushan requested the high court's acting chief justice to constitute a two-judge division bench to deal with Yadav's petition "at the earliest".

Recording Yadav's undertaking, given on his behalf by advocate Guru Krishna Kumar, the bench said the matter of "vacation of the official house... can be looked into at appropriate level".

The order implies that Yadav may continue to occupy his MP's bungalow until the high court decides his plea.

Any delay in the high court would delay the election to the seat vacated through Yadav's December 2017 disqualification, the apex court said. It noted that the hearing was listed for July 12 and that both parties had promised not to "seek any adjournment".

Yadav had parted company with Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar when returned to the NDA, and was disqualified under the anti-defection law.

After Yadav petitioned the high court, so did JDU Rajya Sabha member R.P. Singh, seeking Yadav's eviction from his bungalow. With the high court refusing to pass any interim order, Singh appealed to the apex court.

On Thursday, Singh's counsel Ranjit Kumar cited how the high court had listed Yadav's plea before a single judge despite the apex court earlier ruling that only division benches should rule on House disqualifications.