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Rent to be recovered from employees living in Govt accommodation and taking HRA also 2/12/2021 12:05:48 AM Early Times Report Jammu, Feb 11: Authorities ultimately awoke from deep slumber to recover rent from government employees who are taking House Rent Allowance (HRA) while living in the accommodation provided by the government. Sources said that a good number of employees were wrongly paid HRA while they are living in the accommodation provided by the different government departments. According to a circular issued by Financial Commissioner, Finance Department, Dr Arun Kumar Mehta, “It has been clarified that no HRA is admissible to any such Government employee who is allotted government accommodation or is in occupation of any government accommodation under any pretext, unless of course, expressly provided by any order or rule”. The circular further reads as, “So far as move employees are concerned their HRA is governed by Government Order No. 1376-GAD of 1998 dated 23.10.1998” “ It has also been clarified that in case any amount of HRA has been paid to such Government employee who is residing in any government accommodation such amount shall be recovered from the concerned employee forthwith”, the circular mentioned. Circular further clarified that all Government employees who have been provided Government accommodation by Estates, or other departments like R&B, Tourism Department, Forest etc have to pay rent of that accommodation. All the Administrative Secretaries are accordingly requested to direct the Drawing and Disbursing Officers under their control to ensure recovery of HRA which has been wrongly paid to government employees while in possession of government accommodation in violation of rules. The rent of the accommodation is deducted from the salary of the employees in monthly pay bills. Deduction of the catering charges of the move employees from their monthly pay bills, where they have been provided hotel accommodation with free catering facilities.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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