Uttarakhand HC Orders Former CMs to Pay Market Rates for Continued Stay in Bungalows

The Uttarakhand HC on Tuesday ruled against the state law that allows former chief ministers to stay in government bungalows without paying the market rent.

The Uttarakhand Government, however enacted the Uttarakhand Former Chief Ministers Facility Act, 2019 in January 2020 exempting the former CMs from paying rent for bungalows allotted to them by the Government.

According to the HC, the Act only confers undeserved largess on the former Chief Ministers, and does not serve any public purpose. The former Chief Ministers will now be liable to pay the rent and the state can also recover from them the money spent over other facilities given to them.

By –Shrija Chauhan of LCD

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