GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 455
TO BE ANSWERED ON DECEMBER 08, 2022

MISUSE OF GOVERNMENT ACCOMMODATIONS

NO. 455. SHRI KANAKMAL KATARA:
Will the Minister of HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS be pleased
to state:

(a) whether complaints have been received regarding the families living in an unauthorized manner in a Government accommodation and its servant quarters/ barsatis of general pool residential accommodations including Lodhi Colony, New Delhi;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether there has been a sharp rise in the number of families living in unauthorized manner in Government accommodation and its servant quarters/ barsatis in Lodhi Colony, New Delhi, during the last three years and if so, the details thereof;

(d) the details of such allottees who have rented their servant quarters/ barsatis in unauthorized way without prior police verification; and

(e) the details of the action taken by the Government for proper disposal of the said complaints and the action taken against the involved allottees and officials in the matter?

ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
(SHRI KAUSHAL KISHORE)

(a) & (b): Yes, during the last three years (2019-2021), 496 complaints of unauthorized occupation/subletting have been received in all General Pool Residential Accommodation (GPRA) including Lodhi Colony, New Delhi.

(c): No, Sir.

(d): Out of these 496 complaints, 134 have already vacated their accommodations. In respect of the remaining 362 complaints, the quarters of the alleged allottes were inspected; out of these 182 were found not involved in subletting while the balance 180 were found to be involved in subletting. Notices were issued in all these suspected cases. In 99 cases, subletting was established and the quarters involved were cancelled while 81 cases were closed as subletting was not proved.

(e): Directorate of Estates has issued instructions regarding allotment of barsatis/ rooms of general pool residential accommodations including Lodhi Colony, New Delhi.

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MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
(DIRECTORATE OF ESTATES)

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 29th September, 2020

G.S.R. 593(E). – In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to article 309 of the Constitution, the President hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Central Government General Pool Residential Accommodation Rules, 2017, namely:-

Also check: Central Government General Pool Residential Accommodation Amendment Rules, 2020

1. (1) These rules may be called the Central Government General Pool Residential Accommodation (Amendment) Rules, 2020.

(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

2. In the Central Government General Pool Residential Accommodation Rules, 2017, in rule 33, in clause

(b), for the first proviso, the following proviso shall be substituted, namely:-

“Provided that grant of one change to the allottee under this rule, of the same type or higher type of accommodation on functional ground shall not be treated as fresh out of turn allotment, if the allotment made is within the limits of quota of units prescribed for the dignitaries under this rules.”

[F. No. 12035/22/2000-Pol.II(VoI.II]
D. THARA, Jt. Secy.

Note: The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide notification number G.S.R. 598(E), dated the 19th June, 2017 and subsequently amended vide notification numbers G.S.R 99(E), dated the 8th February,2019, G.S.R 883(E), dated the 29th November, 2019 and G.S.R 489(E), dated the 5th August, 2020.

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No.12035/2/2020-Pol.II
Government of India
Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
Directorate of Estates
Policy-II Section

Nirman Bhavan
New Delhi-110108
Dated the 5th May, 2020

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject: One-time relaxation to the allottees of General Pool Residential Accommodation (GPRA) in view of Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) – extension of retention period.

In continuation of the OM of even number dated 25-3-2020 on the above subject, it has been decided by the competent authority that suo-moto extension of retention of quarters granted to the allottees vide OM dated 25.3.2020 for the period from 17.3.2020 to 31.5.2020 shall remain extended upto 30-6-2020.

2. The other terms and condition of the OM dated 25-3-2020 will remain the same.

(M. C. Sonowal)
Deputy Director of Estates (Policy)

No.12035/2/2020-Pol.II
Government of India
Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
Directorate of Estates
Policy-II Section

Nirman Bhavan
New Delhi-110108
Dated, the 25th March, 2020

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Sub: One-time relaxation to the allottees of General Pool Residential Accommodation (GPRA) in view of Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19).

Ministry has been receiving calls from various allottees of Government accommodations, who were / are due to vacate their flats / houses and are not able to do so in the light of the advisories regarding social distancing issued by Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoH&FW) under the current global Coronavirus Pandemic (COVID-19). Further, Department of Personnel & Training (DoPT) has issued Guidelines with do’s & don’ts for government personnel vide their O.M. dated 17.03.2020 to contain the spread of this virus. Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) vide its Order dated 24.03.2020 has issued directions for nation-wide complete lockdown to contain the fast spreading infection.

This extraordinary situation has been considered by the Ministry and it has been decided by the Competent Authority to allow suo-moto retention for the period from 17.03.2020 to 31.05.2020 for all such allottees under the Central Government General Pool Residential Accommodation (CGGPRA) Rules, 2017. This relaxation will be applicable to the following categories:

• Rule 24(2) – where two allottees, who are in occupation of separate accommodation allotted under these rules marry each other, and are directed to surrender one of the accommodation within one month of their marriage;
• Rule 40 – which provides for concessional period of retention of GPRA under different cases; and
• Rule 44 (7 & 8) – which provides for change of accommodation.

2. The suo-moto retention period will be on the payment of licence fees as applicable to the allottee under these rules. No damage will be charged for this period.

3. These relaxations will be given to such allottees also where she/he has become unauthorized occupant of government accommodation before 17.03.2020. However, in such cases, after the retention period of 75 days i.e. upto 31.05.2020, the damage charges at telescopic rates, as was continuing prior to this period, will be resumed.

4. D.D.(Computers) will flash this message on the website for giving wide publicity.

(Vijay Andley)
Deputy Director of Estates (Policy)

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