House Rent Allowance Rules PDF

HOUSE RENT ALLOWANCE RULES 4.4 House Rent Allowance in respect of employees in occupation accommodation allotted to them by government/other lending organisations. No House Rent Allowance is payable to employees on deputation in occupation of accommodatio...

HOUSE RENT ALLOWANCE RULES 4.4 House Rent Allowance in respect of employees in occupation accommodation allotted to them by government/other lending organisations. No House Rent Allowance is payable to employees on deputation in occupation of accommodation allotted to them by Government / other lending organizations. 5. (i.) An employee living in a house owned by him/her or spouse, children, father or mother (parents-in-law in case of female employees) shall also be eligible for house rent allowance under these rules. (Part-I Office Order No 8/2006dated 3.3.2006) (ii) In the case of an employee living in a house owned by a Hindu Undivided Family in which he is a Co-partner, House Rent Allowance will be regulated with reference to the gross rental value as in (i) above, of the portion of the house actually in his occupation and not on the basis of the rent which he claims to pay to the Manager of the Hindu Undivided Family. Note: The grant of House Rent Allowance to an employee referred to in (i) and (ii) above will be subject to the fulfillment of the same eligibility conditions as applicable to Corporation employee residing in private rented accommodation. (iii.) In the case of an employee who owns a house at a place of duty but resides in a rented house instead, House Rent Allowance shall be paid in respect of the rented house, if otherwise admissible. (iv.) Unmarried employees are also eligible for drawal of HRA for any other place where dependent parents have been retained. (Vide circular no. PWA-317/Cir-25 dated 26.10.2006) 6. RETENTION OF ACCOMMODATION Employees who are transferred in the interest of the Corporation (or on own request basis in case of workmen) shall be allowed to retain accommodation at the previous place of posting (in case of project accommodation only) or draw HRA at the previous place of posting or any other place of his choice where family is retained, irrespective of whether his spouse is also working in the Corporation and is drawing HRA of that station, subject to fulfillment of other terms & conditions contained hereinafter. Employees inducted afresh and posted in project/power station/unit, on their first posting will have the option to retain family at their existing place of stay or any other place where the employee shifts his family and draw HRA of that station where family is staying.  HOUSE RENT ALLOWANCE RULES 6.1 Retention of accommodation or drawal of HRA in terms of Rule 6 above shall be subject to the following terms and conditions: 6.1.1 The employee shall exercise the option as under immediately on transfer and/or within 6 months of joining the new place of posting. (i) to retain family at previous place of posting ; or (ii) to shift family to a station of choice or; (iii) to shift family to new place of posting. In case of non-exercise of option within the 6 months, employee shall be deemed to have opted for shifting his family to new place of posting and he/she may be allowed HRA admissible at new place of posting, in case the Corporation’s accommodation has not been provided to him/her subject to other terms and conditions of HRA Rules. (Clause modified vide Office Order no. 56/2007 dated 28.09.2007) 6.1.2 The employee shall be allowed to exercise this option only once during a posting. The option for retention of accommodation exercised by an employee shall continue to be valid for a period of one year irrespective of any change in place of posting of the employee during this time, unless the employee wants to change the option in terms of para 6.1.1. Appended vide Part I O.O. No. 41/2001 dated 25.6.2001 In exceptional cases, however, the employee may be allowed to change his option with the specific approval of the Head of the project/unit/department. In such cases the Head of the project/unit/department may satisfy himself of he genuineness of the reasons for the change and allow the same on merits. 6.1.3 (a) Employee posted at NHPC establishment (projects / Power stations / Units etc) located at ‘Y’ Cities / Towns notified by Government of India for the purpose of HRA, the facility of retaining the family at ‘X’ class cities / towns and claiming HRA of such places is withdrawn and be restricted to the HRA rates applicable for ‘Y’ class cities / towns, with immediate effect. (b) Employee posted at establishment / locations notified / classified as ‘ Z’ class cities / town and are claiming HRA / Lease for X or Y cities / town, as the case may be, shall be regulated on the basis of complete calendar month certification (hereinafter referred to as ‘monthly certificate’) as mentioned herein below. (i) Employee will be required to furnish the monthly certificate by the th 15 day of following calendar months but not later than 02 calendar months following the HRA claim month. However relaxation may be