BDG-20/8/2021-Building-DOP
No.
BDG-20/8/2021-Building-DoP
Government of India
Department of Posts
Estates Division
Dak Bhawan, Sansad
Marg,
New Delhi — 110001
Dated: 22.07.2022
Subject: Post attached quarter of
Postmasters — reg.
Post attached quarters of
Postmasters are allotted to the Postmaster concerned on rent free basis. A
number of representations from time to time are received in Directorate with a
request to delink the post attached quarter of Postmasters from the Postmaster
concerned.
2. The
matter has since been reviewed and the competent authority has now decided that
post attached quarters of Postmasters shall be delinked from the Postmaster
concerned. These post attached quarters of Postmasters shall be now at
par with other staff quarters available in a Division/Unit and will be treated
as such for allotment to eligible employee on payment of applicable licence
fee.
3. These quarters shall be allotted in the same manner as other staff quarters are allotted by the Divisional Head/ Competent Authority to any employee entitled for this quarter as per the availability. The allotment of this quarter shall be regulated as per the instructions on the subject of allotment of staff quarters issued from time to time subject to the following:-
(a) The delinked post attached
quarter of Postmaster shall be first offered to the Postmaster concerned, if
vacant, on the payment of licence fee basis. In the event of the refusal of the
Postmaster concerned to accept this quarter, the same shall then be allotted to
any other eligible official of the Division/Unit by the competent authority as
per the prescribed procedure. In case eligible officials have not applied for
the said quarter, the same may be allotted to other employees as it is being
done in case of other quarters.
(b) lf the Postmaster concerned fails to submit his/her response on the offer of the post attached quarter of Postmaster within 15 days of receipt of such an offer, the Postmaster concerned shall be deemed to have refused the offer of this quarter.
(c) Postmasters who are currently
in occupation of post attached quarter without payment of licence fee, they are
allowed to continue to occupy the same quarter without payment of licence fee
till his/her posting as Postmaster in that post office.
4. These
orders will come into force from 01.08.2022.
5: In all cases where currently Postmaster concerned is not physically occupying post attached quarter of the Postmaster and is neither paying rent for the same nor he/she is being paid House Rent Allowance (HRA) and if he/she desires to vacate such a quarter, he/she shall submit an application to the Divisional Head / Competent Authority for vacation of such a quarter. The Postmaster concerned shall be paid HRA from the date of acceptance of his/her application by the Divisional Head / Competent Authority or from August 1, 2022, whichever is the later.
6. These instructions be
circulated to all concerned for information, guidance and implementation.
This issues with the approval of
competent authority.
