# Certificate of suitability of accommodation

- **Citation:** C.L. No. 65
- **Court:** Allahabad High Court
- **Decided:** 1970-02-10
- **Case number:** C.L. No. 65
- **Source:** https://unisonlegal.in/judgment/allahabad-high-court/certificate-of-suitability-of-accommodation-162151
- **Pages:** 2

## Text

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(ii)
Certificate of suitability of accommodation
C.E. No. 27/lVh-3 dated 11th March, 1970
With this C.E. copies of D.O. letter no. 590-A/29-E, dated February 10, 1970, of
the Government in the Rent Control Department and D.O. no. 590/29-E, dated January
31, 1970, have been endorsed to all the District Judges making it specific that exceptions
apart allotment of such a house, which falls vacant as a result of transfer of an officer,
should be made in favour of the successor of the previous allottee or any other officer of
his department and in no case be allotted to an officer of any other department.
C.L. No. 65 dated 28th May, 1970
For the purposes of para (4) of G.O. No. G-1-574/X-140-65, dated March 17, 1966,
the District and Sessions Judge will be the controlling officer for certifying the suitability
of accommodation in respect of all the Officers working under him.
(iii) Subletting
C.L. No. 89/IXg-35 dated 31st May, 1976
The attention of the Judicial Officers is invited to the provisions of subsidiary Rule
18-D, Chapter IV, F.H.B, Volume II Parts II to IV.
They should strictly comply with the instructions contained therein if and when any
outhouse or any other part of a building belonging to Government is required to be sublet.
(iv) P.W.D. inspection house for Officers
C.E. No. 96 dated 28th October, 1961
The Officers of the Judicial Department, if necessary, can stay in a Public Works
Department Inspection House for more than seven days after obtaining permission from
the Superintending Engineer concerned as required under clause 4(A), Appendix 28, of
the Manual of Orders, Public Works Department, Volume II or the Chief Engineer
P.W.D., as the case may be.
(v)
Occupation of official residences
G.L. No.3160 dated 6th October, 1909
The attention of all Judicial officers is drawn to the instructions contained in G.O.
No. 4430/11-646, dated 14th September, 1909 regarding the occupation, by officers in
civil employ, of government bungalows as residences, for due compliance.
The District Judge‟s Munsarim will be held responsible for seeing that the
Government Letter under reference is brought to the notice of every officer when he
enters into occupation of a government bungalow within the judgeship.
C.L. No. 28/S (b) dated 7th February, 1975
Efforts should be made to ensure that in no case Government owned residences
pass out of the hands of the Judicial Department.
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(vi) Expenses for negligent use
G.L. No. 3562/46-29 dated 23rd June, 1927, forwarding
G.O. No.667/III dated 15th June, 1927
If an official residence is found to have been left by the negligence or
mismanagement of the outgoing tenant in a condition which entails expenditure in putting
it in order, the outgoing tenant will be held responsible for the expenses so incurred.
(vii) Payment of rent
G.L. No. 2/227 dated 10th January, 1934
Vacation counts as duty and can be allowed to be prefixed or suffixed to leave only
if no loss is thereby caused to Government. Therefore, in cases where vacation is
combined with regular leave, officers will be held responsible for the rent of government
residences in their occupation during the period of vacation.
C.L. No. 32/5(b) dated 15th May, 1966
In order to avoid accummulation of arrears District Judges, should ensure that the
arrears of rent of Government Offices are cleared off as early as possible after its
becoming due, under intimation to the Court.
C.E. No. 28/IXc-35 dated 8th March, 1961
Where a private building is hired for office-cum-residence purposes, the
apportionment of rent between the office and the residential portion should be done on
the basis of the plinth area and should invariably be done by the local P.W.D. authorities
and the rent of the residential portion fixed accordingly [Government Finance (G.I.)
Deptt., O.M. no. G-l-2374/X-534 (41-0)-1922, dated December 28, 1960].
(viii) Fan and light charges for offices at residence
G.L. No. 33/46-63-479 dated 14th October, 1940 forwarding
G.O. No. B-1485/X dated 27th August, 1940
Electric charges on account of fans and lights or charges incurred on the
employment of punkha coolies in the office rooms at the residences of government
officers should not be met from the contingent grant.
(ix) Supply of government furniture at residence
C.L. No. 750/Budget-II dated 6th June, 1985
Encloses G.O. no. 2236/VII-A Nya.-35/84 dt. 19th April, 985, prescribing number
of furniture to be supplied at residence as under:-
(a) For the District & Sessions Judges
1.
Table (For Officer)

1
2.
Chair (For Officer)

1
3.
Chairs (For others)

12
4.
Bench

1
5.
Book Shelf

1