RBE No. 90/1985 House Rent Allowance – HRA – Daughter-in-law – Sharing Accommodation – Clarification

No.E(P&A)II/82/HRA/6, dated 27.03.1985

Sub: Drawal of House Rent Allowance in terms of para 4(c)(ii) of Board’s letter No.PC-66/HRA-1/21, dated 27.07.1967 – Clarification regarding daughter-in-law.

1. A case has come to notice of this Ministry where, in a Railway accommodation allotted to a Railway employee, his two sons and the wife of one of the sons, were also living with the Railway employee in the same accommodation and one of the two sons had been officially permitted to ‘share’ the accommodation with his father.

2. Doubts have been raised whether in such a case the two sons and the daughter-in-law, all of whom also happen to be Railway employee, would be eligible for HRA.

3. At the outset, it may be clarified that in so far as recovery of licence fee is concerned, this will be made only from the main allottee who has been officially allotted the Railway accommodation as it is incorrect either to jointly allotted accommodation to more than one Railway employee or to recover licence fee jointly from more than one Railway employee.

4. In regard to eligibility to HRA it is clarified that neither of the sons will be eligible to draw HRA for the reason that they are living with their father in the accommodation allotted to him and therefore become ineligible for HRA as a member of the ‘family’ vide para 4(c)(ii) of this Ministry’s letter No.PC-66/HRA-1/21, dated 26.06.1967 and letter No.E(P&A)II-78/HRA-24/NC-JCM, dated 10.01.1978. The daughter-in-law, will however, be eligible to draw HRA at flat rate subject to the fulfillment of the conditions laid down by this Ministry from time to time for drawal of HRA at flat rates.

5. This issues with the concurrence of the Finance Directorate of the Ministry of Railways.

(This completes correspondence resting with N.E. Railway’s DO letter No.E/52/3/Con(I), dated 10.05.1983)

Download Railway Board Circular RBE No. 90/1985