LOK PRAHARI versus STATE OF U.P. & ORS.
1997 Rules allowing former Chief Ministers to occupy government bungalows for life are executive instructions and not statutory rules, and are contrary to the statutory provisions of the 1981 Act, which allow occupancy for only 15 days after demitting office. Such Rules are bad in law and violative of Article 14, since no other constitutional dignitary receives such benefit. Government must recover rent for unauthorized occupation and reclaim premises allotted without statutory authority.
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- Official residences allotment
- Statutory interpretation
- Separation of powers
- Executive instructions vs statute
- Article 14 equality