In a major setback for former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav, the Uttar Pradesh government on Saturday evicted the Lohia Trust bungalow from a prime property on Vikramaditya Marg in Lucknow. The Lohia Trust building was vacated by the state property department.

The development comes days after the Supreme Court ordered the government to vacate all the bungalows which were running on the UP government's expenditure.

While Mulayam Singh Yadav is the chairman of the Lohia Trust, Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party chief Shivpal Singh Yadav is the secretary of the Lohia Trust. Samajwadi Party (SP) chief and former UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and several other top party leaders are the members of the Lohia Trust.

This building of Lohia Trust was in the possession of Shivpal Yadav's party and was being charged at the market rate for the past few months.

Retired IAS officer SN Shukla had earlier filed a petition in the Supreme Court which stated that the Lohia Trust bungalow was allotted against the rules. The plea also named many other bungalows that have been allotted against the rules.

Acting on the plea, the Supreme Court had ordered that the unauthorised bungalows of the Lohia Trust and Society be vacated within four months.

Following the Supreme Court's order, the state property department had ordered six former Uttar Pradesh chief ministers to vacate their government bungalows. A notice was also sent to vacate their bungalows.

The Lohia Trust had then sought time from the state property department to vacate the bungalow.