The Supreme Court has ruled that no former chief minister in Uttar Pradesh will be allotted government bungalows after the end of their term in the office. The Apex court cancelled an earlier decision of the Uttar Pradesh government in this view.

The decision was taken by the top court while hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) lodged by NGO Lokprahari. The plea had challenged the decision of the government to allot official bungalows to Chief Ministers after their tenure in the office got completed.

The Supreme Court struck down modification in Uttar Pradesh legislation allowing former Chief Ministers of the state to carry on occupying government accommodation after demitting office. The apex court observed that the amendment to Uttar Pradesh law is illogical, discriminatory and violates the constitutional concept of equal opportunity.

The Supreme Court said that Section 4(3) of UP Ministers (salaries, allowances & miscellaneous provisions) Act, 2016 is unlawful.

 On a related note at present, the chief ministers who have custody of official bungalows are Samajwadi Party's Akhilesh Yadav and Mulayam Singh Yadav, Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati, Bharatiya Janata Party's Rajnath Singh and Kalyan Singh, and ND Tiwari of the Congress party.