RBE No. 38/2020: Railway Accommodation – Retention during COVID-19
No.E(G)2020 RN 2 – COVID-19
Sub: One time relaxation for retention of railway accommodation in view of novel Coronavirus (COVID-19).
1. Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, vide their OM No.12035/2/2020-Pol-II, dated 25.03.2020 has allowed suo-moto retention for the period from 17.03.2020 to 31.05.2020 for the allottees under the Central Government General Pool Residential Accommodation (CGGPRA) Rules, 2017. This suo-moto retention has been further extended upto 30.06.2020 by the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs vide their OM dated 05.05.2020.
2. Keeping in view the above, Board have decided to allow suo-motu retention of railway accommodation by officers/ staff for the period from 17.03.2020 to 30.06.2020. The suo-motu retention period will be on payment of licence fee as applicable to the allottees under these rules. No damage rent will be charged for this period. These relaxation will be given to such allottees also where she/he has become un-authorized occupant of government accommodation before 17.03.2020. However, in such cases, after the retention period upto 30.06.2020, the damage charges at telescopic rates, as was containing prior to this period, will be resumed.
3. This issues with the concurrence of the Finance Directorate of the Ministry of Railways.
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Download Railway Board Circular RBE No. 38/2020
Forward reference ⇒ RBE No. 47/2020, RBE No. 60/2020, RBE No.89/2020