IREC Rule No.1707: House Rent Allowance And Compensatory (City) Allowance During Leave

1707. House Rent Allowance And Compensatory (City) Allowance During Leave:-

(i)    A Railway employee will be entitled to draw House Rent Allowance And Compensatory (City) Allowance During Leave during leave at the same rates at which the allowances were drawn before he / she proceeded on leave in respect of total leave of all kinds (except terminal leave, whether running concurrently or not with the notice period) not exceeding 180 days and if the actual duration of leave exceeds the period, the allowances would be payable during the first 180 days of the leave.

(ii)    The limit of 180 days shall be extended to 8 months for the purpose of grant of these allowances in the case of Railway servants suffering from T.B., Cancer or other ailments during the period of their leave taken on medical certificate when such certificates are in the forms prescribed. It is immaterial whether the leave is on medical certificate from the very commencement or is in continuation of other leave as defined in (i) above. In the case of employees suffering from T.B., Cancer or other ailments, who remain on leave for a period exceeding 8 months, House Rent Allowance And Compensatory (City) Allowance During Leave for the period of leave beyond 8 months, may be granted by the General Managers in consultation with FA&CAO subject to fulfillment of usual conditions. The General Managers at their discretion may delegate these powers to the Chief personnel Officers or other Heads of Department if no post of Chief Personnel Officer exists.

(iii)   Drawl of these House Rent Allowance And Compensatory (City) Allowance During Leave during the period of leave in excess of 180 days availed of on grounds other than those specified in sub-rule (ii) above, shall be subject to the Railway employee certifying that;

(i)    He or his family or both continued for the period for which Compensatory (City) Allowance is claimed to reside at the same station from where he proceeded on leave.

(ii)    He continued for the period for which house rent allowance is claimed, to retain the house of the same station whether within the qualifying limits or in an adjoining areas from where he proceeded on leave and paid rent for it and did not sublet whole of it.

Note:

(1)   In the case of Railway servants who are originally granted leave on medical certificates exceeding 180 days and have ultimately to retire from Government service on grounds of invalidity, the entire leave thus becoming leave preparatory to retirement, the recovery of compensatory (city) and house rent allowances already drawn need not be effected.

(2)   The drawl of these allowances during periods of vacation whether combined with leave or not, shall be regulated in the same way as during leave.

(3)   In cases, where a Railway servant who is sanctioned leave whether on medical grounds or otherwise, does not join duty after availing himself of such leave, and resigns, he shall not be eligible for Compensatory (City) and House Rent Allowances for the entire period of such leave. The competent authority concerned shall ensure that the entire amount drawn on this account is recovered before resignation, etc. is accepted.

[Authority: No.E(S)66/CPC/AL/10, 13.07.1966 and No.PC-60/HRA-1/MOF/6, 11.02.1971]