What are the rules regarding sharing of accommodation and what amounts to subletting?
While personally residing in the premises allotted, the Govt. official may share the accommodation, with prior intimation on the prescribed format to the Directorate Of Estates, within a period of one month. Following categories of persons have been declared eligible sharer with prior intimation: • Central Govt. employees eligible for General Pool Accommodation; • Staff of Semi-Govt. organisation; • Staff of Corporate Body controlled by Government; • Foreign Students studying in India and sponsored by MEA; • Teachers of recognised schools; • Family of officers transferred to other stations; • Members of defence forces (during the period of emergency); • Retired Central Govt. Servants; • Reservists of Army, Air Force, etc. If an allottee shares the accommodation with an in-eligible person or he himself does not reside in the premises, but the same is occupied by others (whether eligible for sharing or not), he is held to have sublet the house. Sharing of accommodation, even with eligibl
