The UT Administration carried out a special drive to check the misuse of Government houses on account of sub-letting and utilisation of Government houses for commercial purposes.
The drive was conducted by an inspection teams comprising officials of the House Allotment Committee and the UT Engineering Department. The drives were conducted in Sectors 20, 22, 24 and 46. During the course of checking, 16 cases of sub-letting of Government accommodation and four cases of overstay by the families of the allottees in the Government houses were found.
The UT House Allotment Committee has issued show cause notices to the 16 allottees who have sublet the Government houses. In addition, 120 show cause notices have been issued to the allottees of government houses in Sector 20-B and 20-C here, who have removed the load bearing brick pillars/ load bearing Walls which have made the government houses unsafe.
A spokesperson of the UT Administration said that the Government employee held guilty of sub-letting/removal of load bearing brick pillars/ load bearing walls would be charged penal rent at the rate of fifty times the normal license fee and the allottee will be liable for the disciplinary action under the relevant conduct rules.
“Furthermore, such government employee would not be entitled for another allotment of Government residence during his entire service period,” added the spokesperson. Notably, the Engineering Department is conducting survey of government houses with regard to the unauthorised construction/structure made by the allottees. Besides, the survey is also being conducted by Engineering Department in respect of those houses wherein the allottees have removed load bearing brick pillars/ load bearing walls which has rendered the Government houses unsafe.