Lucknow: With Supreme Court directing eviction of former chief ministers from state bungalows within two months, the Uttar Pradesh government on Monday introduced two bills to facilitate their continuation in government accommodation for life.
The Uttar Pradesh Ministers (salaries, allowances and miscellaneous provisions)(Amendment) Bill, 2016 provides for this facility to former chief ministers for life.
"A government residence shall be alloted to a former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, at his/her request, for his/her lifetime, on payment of such rent as may be determined from time to time by the Estate Department of the state government," says the Statement of Objects and Reasons of the bill.
The bill also revises salaries and allowances in view of price rise and escalation in cost of living.
The government also came up with another bill - The Allotment of Houses Under Control of the Estate Department Bill, 2016, - seeking to regulate the allotment of government houses under the control of the estate department to employees and officers of the state government, employees association, political parties, journalists, officers of All India Service, MLAs, MLCs, trusts, ministers, chairman and deputy chairman of Legislative Council, speaker and deputy speaker of Legislative Assembly and Justices.
It also states that the rent of the houses alloted under the provisions of this act shall be charged at market rate in case of trust and society, and in case of government officers/ political parties, former chief minister, employee association and journalist it shall be charged at such rate as may be prescribed.
The Uttar Pradesh Ministers (salaries, allowances and miscellaneous provisions)(Amendment) Bill, 2016 provides for this facility to former chief ministers for life.
"A government residence shall be alloted to a former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, at his/her request, for his/her lifetime, on payment of such rent as may be determined from time to time by the Estate Department of the state government," says the Statement of Objects and Reasons of the bill.
The bill also revises salaries and allowances in view of price rise and escalation in cost of living.
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The government also came up with another bill - The Allotment of Houses Under Control of the Estate Department Bill, 2016, - seeking to regulate the allotment of government houses under the control of the estate department to employees and officers of the state government, employees association, political parties, journalists, officers of All India Service, MLAs, MLCs, trusts, ministers, chairman and deputy chairman of Legislative Council, speaker and deputy speaker of Legislative Assembly and Justices.
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It also states that the rent of the houses alloted under the provisions of this act shall be charged at market rate in case of trust and society, and in case of government officers/ political parties, former chief minister, employee association and journalist it shall be charged at such rate as may be prescribed.
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