IREC Rule No.1710: House Rent Allowance And Compensatory (City) Allowances During Deputation

1710. House Rent And Compensatory (City) Allowances During Deputation:-

Railway employees going abroad on deputation shall be eligible to draw Compensatory (City) Allowance and House Rent Allowance at the rates admissible to them from time to time at the station from where they proceeded abroad on deputation in the following manner;

(i)    Case of deputation abroad not exceeding one year: Compensatory (City) Allowance and House Rent Allowance will be admissible for the entire period of deputation subject to the employee furnishing a similar certificate as prescribed in Rule 1707 (iii) above.

(ii)    Cases of deputation abroad exceeding one year: A Railway employee proceeding on deputation abroad for a period exceeding one year will be eligible for Compensatory (City) Allowance/House Rent Allowance till such time as the family remains at the last place of his duty, subject to the employee furnishing a similar certificate as prescribed in Rule 1707 (ii) above. In the event of an employee applying for family passage to the place of deputation abroad or for Transfer Traveling Allowance in respect of his family’s journey from the headquarters in India to home town or any other station, he will not be required to refund the amount of Compensatory (City) Allowance/House Rent Allowance up to the date up to which the family actually resides at the last Headquarters of the employee in India.

(iii)   Deputation initially not exceeding one year but subsequently extended beyond one year: Compensatory (City) Allowance and house rent allowance will be admissible up to the date of orders extending the period of deputation beyond one year. Thereafter, the allowance shall be admissible as per sub-para (ii) above.