The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has allowed suo-moto retention for the period from March 17 to May 31 for all allottees under the Central Government General Pool Residential
Accommodation(CGGPRA) Rules, who were/are expected to vacate or shift their houses. This relaxation will be applicable to all cases of retention and change of accomodation under GPRA Rules. “The Retention will be suo moto and allottees need not apply for it. The suo-moto retention period will be on the payment of licence fees as applicable to the allottee under these rules. No damage will be charged for this period,” the ministry said in a statement.
According to the ministry, these relaxations will be given to such allottees also where (s)he has become unauthorized occupant of government accommodation before March 17. However, in such cases, after the retention period of 75 days up to May 31, the damages at telescopic rates, as was continuing prior to this period, will be resumed.
The Ministry has been receiving calls from various allottees of General Pool Residential Accommodations (GPRA), who were/ are due to vacate their flats/ houses and are not able to do so in the light of the advisories regarding social distancing issued by Ministry of
Health and Family Welfare (MoH&FW) under the current global Corona Virus Pandemic (COVID-19).