RBE No. 79/2006: Railway Accommodation – Retention
No.E(G)2004 RN5-10, dated 14.06.2006
Sub: Retention of Railway accommodation at the previous place of posting by Railway officers on deputation under Central Staffing Scheme or to an organization eligible for allotment from General Pool.
Attention is invited to the instructions contained in Railway Board’s letter No.E(G)2000 QR1-23, dated 01.06.2001 (RBE No. 100/2001) (Para-4), 14.02.2002 (RBE No. 18/2002) and letter No.E(G)2003 QR1-19, dated 19.04.2004 (RBE No. 87/2004) governing retention of Railway accommodation in the event of deputation of Railway officers under Central Staffing Scheme to Central Ministries, Government bodies like UPSC, CVC, etc. and to Central Government Statutory/ Autonomous and other bodies not covered under Central Staffing Scheme but are eligible offices for allotment of accommodation from General Pool by Directorate of Estates. Under para-4 of letter dated 01.06.2001 (RBE No. 100/2001) conditions for grant of retention of Railway quarter at the previous place of posting have been laid down which inter alia stipulate that retention shall be permitted till the first house is allotted to him/her from the General Pool either of the type he/she is entitled to or one level below irrespective of its location. It has come to notice of Railway Board that this provision/ facility is being misused by some of the officers by delaying allotment of accommodation from General Pool by restricting the locations of allotment of accommodation from General Pool while registering for such allotment.
All the officers who are presently on deputation under Central Staffing Scheme, Govt. bodies like UPSC, CVC, etc. and the Central Govt. Statutory/ Autonomous bodies eligible for allotment of General Pool accommodation may be advised to give details about their registration with the Directorate of Estates and in case any of the officer has restricted the location for allotment, he/she should immediately be directed to get himself/ herself registered, removing the restriction of location, with the Directorate of Estates within 15 days and furnish proof of such registration to the Railway Administrations.
Officers who would be proceeding on such deputation in future should be directed to register themselves for allotment of accommodation from General Pool with Directorate of Estates strictly as per para-4 of the instructions dated 01.06.2001 (RBE No. 100/2001) and furnish the details of such registration to the quarter controlling authority of the Railway concerned. The quarter controlling authority would verify from the details that the registration has been made as per Railway Board’s instructions without putting any restriction on the location of allotment. If this requirement is not complied with within 15 days of proceeding on deputation, the officer will not be entitled for retention of Railway accommodation as per instructions dated 01.06.2001 (RBE No. 100/2001), 14.02.2002 (RBE No. 18/2002) and 19.04.2004 (RBE No. 87/2004).
Similarly the deputationist officer should accept any offer of allotment being made to him/her by Directorate of Estates irrespective of the location and also intimate the same to the Railway Quarter Controlling Authority immediately.
The retention of Railway accommodation as per instructions dated 01.06.2001 (RBE No. 100/2001), 14.02.2002 (RBE No. 18/2002) and 19.04.2004 (RBE No. 87/2004) would be permissible only if the conditions contained therein as also the ones mentioned above are strictly complied with. The conditions regarding retention of Railway accommodation should also be mentioned in the relevant order of deputation issued to the Railway officers and subsequently incorporated in the terms and conditions of deputation.
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Download Railway Board Circular RBE No. 79/2006
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