Allotment Policy 2024
Allotment Policy 2024
Allotment Policy 2024
To
Allotment Policy, 2024, duly approved by the Provincial Cabinet for information and further necessary
action, please.
-Sd-
(Muhammad Zain-ul-Abideen)
ESTATE OFFICER
-Sd-
(Muhammad Zain-ul-Abideen)
ESTATE OFFICER
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3.1 The following shall be eligible for allotment of accommodation falling under this
policy as indicated below;
a) Members of the Cabinet: In accordance with the procedure mentioned in para
4.1 read with Part A of schedule II of the policy.
b) Judges of the Lahore High Court, Lahore: In accordance with the procedure
mentioned in para 4.1 read with Part B of Schedule II of the policy.
c) Officers and officials borne on the cadre strength of the S&GAD and
stationed in Lahore: In accordance with the procedure mentioned in a) para
4.1 read with part D of Schedule II of the policy and b) para 11 read with
Schedule IV of the policy.
d) Officers and officials posted at the principal seat of the Lahore High Court
Lahore: In accordance with the procedure mentioned in a) para 4.1 read with
part C of Schedule II of the policy and b) para 11 read with Schedule IV of the
policy.
e) Officers and officials posted in the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab: In
accordance with the procedure mentioned in para 11 read with Schedule IV of
the policy.
3.2 Employees of the Government other than those mentioned above shall be
ineligible for allotment.
3.3 The determination of officers borne on the cadre strength of S&GAD will be made
by the respective Wings of S&GAD.
3.4 A Government servant who is transferred out of Lahore or out of the institutions
referred above will lose his eligibility after expiry of the period for which he or his
family can retain possession of the residential accommodation as specified in the
policy.
3.5 When both husband and wife are employed, only one of them shall be entitled to
allotment of accommodation.
3.6 A contract employee shall not be eligible for allotment in any case. If any
allotment made to any contract employee in the past shall stand cancelled
forthwith.
3.7 Re-employed persons inducted into Punjab Government service after their
superannuation shall not be eligible for accommodation in any case.
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3.8 An officer who occupies a statutory post after retirement shall not be eligible for
allotment. A junior officer occupying a higher post on OPS/under Section-9 of the
PCS Act, 1974 will not be eligible for allotment against the occupied post other
than his entitled category.
CHAPTER V: MANAGEMENT
6. Management:
6.1 Estate Officer will be the overall custodian of GORs/Government Colonies of
S&GAD at Lahore. The Property Manager and SDO (Buildings), concerned will
be ground custodian of each GOR/colony.
6.2 A Section Officer BS-17 of Welfare Wing S&GAD shall be placed at each
GORs/Colonies to be called Property Manager and will be responsible for the
followings:
(i) Be responsible/custodian of respective estate including residences,
servant quarters, garages and public facilities like shops etc
(ii) Be coordinating officer for all the service providing organizations /
departments / institutions including WASA, LWMC, PHA, SNGPL, LESCO
and Police.
(iii) Be responsible for verifying the possession / vacation of houses from the
allottee officers / officials along with SDO concerned.
(iv) Be responsible for ejectment / eviction of illegal / unauthorized occupants
and trespassers with the help of District Administration and SDO
concerned. He/she may seek police assistance as per policy.
(v) Ensure maintenance of inventory of each residential unit through SDO
(Building) concerned.
6.3 The concerned Sub Divisional Officers of the C&W Department shall be
responsible for building maintenances as a ground custodian of the property.
However, Welfare Wing S&GAD will design proper mechanism for building
maintenance at its own level in future.
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6.4 The concerned SDOs of the Water and Sewerage Agency shall be responsible
for provision of water and sewerage services.
6.5 The concerned officer of the Solid Waste removal entity shall be responsible for
waste removal.
6.6 The officer concerned of Parks and Horticulture Authority (PHA) shall be
responsible for beautification and plantation in the parks and green belts.
7. Security Arrangements:
7.1 Security Arrangements in every GOR estate with regard to entry and exit shall
be under the control of the relevant police officer. The security officers shall,
however, abide by the instructions of the Additional Secretary (Welfare) with
regard to overall entry/exit policy.
7.2 All allottees and persons living in allotted residences with the permission of the
allottee shall have entry rights.
7.3 Stationing of temporary guard rooms (installed by police) and pickets shall be
subject to approval of Additional Secretary (Welfare).
7.4 Where Guard Rooms have been specifically constructed, police guards shall
reside in them rather than temporary accommodations around houses located
by the police
8. Solid Waste Removal:
8.1 Solid waste shall be removed in the manner provided by the Welfare Wing.
8.2 Where solid waste removal arrangements from individual residences are
available, occupiers shall pay for the same in advance every month at rates
notified by the Welfare Wing.
8.3 No person shall throw or dispose of waste in GOR except in designated places.
A person found throwing waste in non-designated places may be fined up to
Rs 5000. Fine shall be recovered from allottees where any person living in
allotted residence is found to be throwing waste in non-designated places.
8.4 The Property Manager of the respective estate, may make arrangements with
a Solid Waste Collection Agency for door-to-door collection of solid waste. For
such arrangements, he may notify charges to be paid by each allottee after
approval from Additional Secretary (Welfare).
8.5 Where solid waste removal arrangements from individual residences are
available, the allottee shall pay for the same every month at rates notified by
the Welfare Wing at the rates approved by the Additional Chief Secretary,
Punjab.
CHAPTER VI: CLASSIFICATION AND ENTITLEMENT
9. Entitlement and Classification of Accommodation:
9.1 All Government accommodations (other than those mentioned in Part A or C of
Schedule II, Designated houses or houses classified under Part B of
Schedule II) shall be classified into categories depending on their location, size
and amenities by the Welfare wing of S&GAD.
9.2 The entitlement of Government servants of the eligible departments, to various
categories/classes of accommodation at Lahore are mentioned/given in
Schedule IV.
9.3 Additional Secretary Welfare shall at all times maintain a list of various
category houses in each GOR mentioned in schedule 1. This list shall not be
amended or modified without approval of the Chief Secretary Punjab.
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12. The following officers shall have prior right to allotment in GOR-1:
i. Chief Secretary, Punjab
ii. Senior Member Board of Revenue Punjab.
iii. Chairman, Planning & Development Board Punjab.
iv. Additional Chief Secretary, Punjab.
v. Additional Chief Secretary/Secretary Home Government of Punjab.
vi. Principal Secretary/Secretaries to the Chief Minister Punjab.
vii. Secretaries to Government of Punjab of the administrative departments.
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with regard to rent/utility bills, etc., of vacated house are clear. If an ex-allottee
occupies a house beyond the permissible period of extension, a final rent
clearance certificate will be issued on clearance of penal rent (if any).
i. If a Government Servant does not occupy a newly allotted residence
within 30 days of its availability for occupation, his allotment shall be
cancelled after a notice in writing is sent to him on his official address
as per available record and his name shall be removed from the
registration list.
ii. Additional Secretary (Welfare), with the approval of Additional Chief
Secretary, may cancel an allotment order where the allotment has been
made in violation of the terms of this policy.
iii. If a Government servant is transferred out of Punjab before taking
possession of a newly allotted house, the said allotment shall stand
cancelled. However, exchange or allotment for better accommodation
shall remain valid.
iv. If a Government servant is transferred out of Lahore before taking
possession of the allotted house, his allotment / exchange shall stand
for a period of one year.
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(i) In the event of the death of an allottee during service and lawful
retention, the widow may retain the government residence till the date
of superannuation of the deceased GS. The Government residence
will be treated as rent-free accommodation during the permissible
period of extension i.e. from the date of death till the date of
superannuation of deceased allottee alongwith grace period of
maximum six (06) months.
(ii) In case the widow is herself a GS of an eligible department, she may
be allotted the same residence provided that the widow is serving on
a basic scale equivalent to or higher than that required for allotment
of the same house.
In case the house is above her entitlement, she may be allotted an
alternate government residence as per her entitlement, on out of turn
basis. If a widow opts for this option, then the Clause (i) shall not be
applicable. Further, the widow is not allowed to avail of this option
after availing the option in Clause (i).
(iii) In case of death of widow who opted for Clause (i)/(ii) or no widow of
deceased allottee, the family of the deceased government servant
may be allowed to retain official accommodation till the date of
superannuation of the deceased allottee. The allotment shall be made
in the name of whole family and shall be treated as rent-free.
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(iv) If the widow has obtained allotment under clause (i) and she
remarries, allotment made to her shall stand cancelled and she will be
required to vacate the residence within one month. However, where
the children or parents of the deceased servant live separately, they
may be allowed retention till the date of superannuation of the
deceased government servant.
(v) In case of in-service death of a GS, belonging to an eligible
department, like accident, sectarian violence, blasts/terrorist incident
and he is not an allottee/occupant of a Government residence, his
family may be allotted a Government residence, according to his
entitlement and/or not beyond B-category, on out of turn basis, till the
date of his superannuation. This residence shall be treated as rent
free accommodation.
16.2 Retention in case of dismissal, removal, resignation, reversion to a lower
grade, compulsory retirement and retention in case of dismissal, removal,
resignation, compulsory retirement and convictions in any case shall be as
follows:
i. For a period of two months
ii.
The allottee can retain the residence till the final decision from the
appellate forum.
16.3 Retention in case of retirement from service shall be as follows:
(i) Two months without any special orders.
(ii) Further maximum period of six (06) months on the discretion of the
Additional Secretary Welfare upon submission of an application by the
retired allottee subject to clearance of house rent charges in advance
to the Section Officer (Welfare-IV)/Rent Controller, S&GAD. The
advance rent will be submitted after the permission from Additional
Secretary (Welfare).
16.4 Retention in case of transfer of the officer of BS-19/20/21/22 to the Federal
Government, another provincial government or the Governments of Azad
Jammu Kashmir or Gilgit Baltistan, the Federal Government Rotation Policy,
2020 notified vide Notification No.10/02/2018-E-5(PAS) dated 05.08.2020 is
applicable in such cases.
(i) In all other cases for a period of seven (07) years from the date of
relinquishment of charge provided that the Government servant has
not obtained any government accommodation under the
transferred Government.
16.5 Retention in case of leave (whether ex-Pakistan or otherwise) or deputation
to a foreign organization:
(i) For a period of three (03) years from the date of grant of leave or
deputation.
(ii) No further extension shall be granted in any case.
16.6 Retention in case of transfer out of Lahore but continuing to serve under the
Government of Punjab.
(i) For a period of three years if he is posted as Deputy Commissioner or
Commissioner.
(ii) For a period of two years in all other cases.
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17. Unauthorized Occupants: The following categories of occupants come within the
definition of unauthorized occupants:
i. GS or their families retaining Government accommodation beyond
permissible period
ii. Trespasser in possession of a Government residence without proper
allotment order.
iii. Occupants who create nuisance for the inhabitants of the locality or
indulge in encroachments.
iv. Allottees who themselves or their families do not physically reside in the
house allotted to them, after having taken over the possession, for a
continuous period exceeding six months.
v. Allottees who induct another person(s) in the allotted house and the
person(s) so inducted.
vi. Allottees who default in payment of house rent for more than 6 months.
vii. Allottees using officially allotted accommodation for the purpose of any
commercial activity.
viii. Occupants who refuse to provide information, relating to allotment and
occupation of Government accommodation, to officers of the welfare wing
18. Ejectment:
18.1 An un-authorized occupant will be liable to immediate ejectment. Ejectment
orders will be issued by Additional Secretary (Welfare) and the possession
will be recovered under the provisions of the Punjab Government Lands &
Buildings (Recovery of Possession) Ordinance, 1966, Additional Secretary
(Welfare), Deputy Secretary (Welfare), Estate Officer, Rent Collector /
Section Officer (Welfare-IV), Deputy Superintendent of Police (Security),
Punjab Civil Secretariat and Sub Divisional Officers concerned are the
officers authorized by the Government under the provisions of the Punjab
Government Lands &Buildings (Recovery of Possession) Ordinance, 1966 to
proceed, inquire and recover the possession, to evict an unauthorized
occupant or to recover rent etc.
18.2 In case it comes to the notice of the Estate Office that an occupant is an
unauthorized occupant as defined in Chapter-XII (i to viii) of the policy, the
Estate Officer or any other person designated by the Additional Secretary
(Welfare) shall have an inquiry conducted under the provisions of the Punjab
Government Lands &Buildings (Recovery of Possession) Ordinance, 1966to
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25.2 All sub divisions in GOR 1 shall be subject to the approval of the Chief
Secretary or the Additional Chief Secretary
26. Plans
26.1 The Welfare wing will prepare periodic plans for updating and managing
GORs. These plans will form the basis for all future development activities.
The plans will be approved by the following committee:
a) Chief Secretary Punjab
b) Additional Chief Secretary Punjab
c) Chairman P&D
d) Secretary C&W
e) Secretary Finance
f) Additional Secretary Welfare; and
g) Superintendent Engineer concerned.
26.2 The Welfare wing may issue building regulations for every GOR on the
advice of the following committee:
a) Additional Secretary (Welfare)
b) Town planner to be provided by LDA
c) Executive Engineer, GOR 1
d) Concerned property manager
e) Estate Officer / Secretary
27. Service providers installations
Service providers including water and sewerage service providers, electricity
providers, telecom service providers, cable television providers etc shall
obtain prior permission for laying of line and/or installation of equipment.
Where cabins or permanent structures are required they shall be located with
the prior permission of AS Welfare
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30.1 The Government may, at any stage cancel the allotment made in violation of
rules in favor of a GS including those made to the employees of ineligible
departments.
30.2 A GS against whom action is taken under this rule shall be liable to
disciplinary proceedings under the relevant rules or laws.
30.3 A person other than GS shall be liable to criminal proceedings for being in
illegal possession of government property.
31. Reporting of Transfer, Retirement, Posting Abroad etc:
Within a fortnight of the transfer, retirement, resignation, dismissal or removal from
service or in the event of the death of an allottee or of his proceeding abroad on
training or deputation or Ex-Pakistan Leave, the allottee himself/herself shall be
responsible for reporting any such fact to the Estate Office.
32. Marriage Functions:
32.1 In Chauburji Garden Estate, Poonch House Colony and Wahdat Colony,
Lahore, allottee may be allowed to hold his own marriage functions or his
sons/daughters and brothers/sisters dependent upon him in the designated
grounds only for payment of Rs.10,000/- (refundable as security) in the Estate
Office and Rs.5,000/- (non-refundable) to be deposited in the government
treasury.
32.2 Private person of adjoining localities desirous of holding a marriage function of
his blood relative may be allowed on the recommendations of the SDO
(Buildings) concerned in the designated grounds for payment of Rs. 10,000/-
(refundable as security) in the Estate Office and Rs.30,000/- (non-refundable)
to be deposited in the government treasury.
32.3 Such functions may be allowed to the allottees of GORs in GOR-II, III& VI only
in designated grounds for payment of Rs.10,000/- (refundable as security) in
the Estate Office and Rs.30,000/- (non-refundable). No private person(s)
(including servants residing in servant quarters) will be allowed to hold any
function in these GORs.
32.4 The security deposit of Rs.10,000/- shall be refunded on production of a
certificate of no damages/cleanliness etc. from SDO concerned.
32.5 An undertaking on stamp paper (Rs.100/-)will be submitted along with
application seeking permission for holding a function with regard to adherence
to the Punjab Marriage Functions Act, 2016.
32.6 Any violation to the above will result in lodging of FIR of trespassing on
Government property by the SDOs concerned.
33. Utilization of vacant land in GOR/Colony:
The Additional Chief Secretary is the Competent Authority to utilize the vacant land
for the purpose of building of any social religious, educational, sports, office etc upto
the extent of 08-Kanals, and beyond that Government will be the Competent
Authority.
34. Direction by the Government:
The Government may, from time to time, issue such directions as it may deem
necessary to carry out the purposes of this Policy.
35. Jurisdiction of Civil Courts:
No Civil Court shall take cognizance under Section-9 of the Punjab Governments
Land & Buildings (Recovery of Possession) Ordinance, 1966 under this policy.
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Schedule: I
Sr. # Residences Area
1 All Government owned residences located GOR-I Estate, Mall Road Lahore
in GOR I Lahore
2 All Government owned residence located Bahawalpur House, Ferozepur Road,
in GOR II Lahore Lahore
3 All Government owned residences located Shadman, Lahore
in GOR III, Lahore
4 All Government owned residences located Model Town Extension, Lahore
in GOR IV, Lahore
5 All Government owned residences located Faisal Town, Lahore
in GOR V, Lahore
6 All Government owned residences located Ferozepur Road, Lahore
in GOR VI, Lahore
7 All Government owned residences located Wahdat Colony, Lahore
in Wahdat Colony, Lahore
8 All Government owned residences located Poonch House Colony, Lahore
in Poonch House Colony, Lahore
9 All Government owned residences located Chauburji Gardens Estate, Lahore
in Chauburji Gardens Estate, Lahore
10 All Government owned residences located Allama Iqbal Town, Lahore
in Huma Block Allama Iqbal Town, Lahore
11. All Government owned residences located Johar Town, Lahore
in P&D Colony, Lahore (60% of S&GAD
and 40% of P&D)
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Schedule II:
A. LIST OF HOUSES OF RESERVED FOR MEMBERS OF THE CABINET
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Schedule III:
LIST OF DESIGNATED HOUSES
7. 13- Danepur Lane, Lahore Registrar Lahore High Court Lahore Residence
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Schedule IV:
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Schedule-V:
APPLICATION FORM
FOR ALLOTMENT OF A HOUSE / FLAT
Passport size
photograph
FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Mobile No.
In case the spouse is a Government Servant, please give the following information:
Name
Designation (BPS)
Official address
Occupying
Colony/GOR Category
House No.
Permanent Temporary
Department
Date of appointment
Pay Scale / Basic Pay
Signature & Stamp of S.O.(G)/D.D.O.
Concerned
Documents to be attached:
1) Copy of last Pay Slip / Pay Bill
2) Copy of National Identity Card
3) Copy of Appointment Order OR
Posting /Transfer Notification
SIGNATURE OF THE APPLICANT
Cell No.
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