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Eligibility: A. Quarters : (Sanctioning Authority :: Regional Office for Officers attached to branches and RO. GAD, Central Office for Officers attached to Central Office) All Confirmed Officers are eligible. However, Officers who own residential accommodation in their place of posting, in their name or in the name of their spouse or dependent children are not eligible to have bank s quarters. SECURITY OFFICERS are eligible for quarters even during the period on probation. Probationary Officers are not eligible for quarters facility during probation. However, they may be allowed to claim reimbursement of an amount equivalent to 150% of HRA against production of rent receipt, wherever bachelor accommodation is not provided. (Ref. Cir. Transient Series File F No.73/2005 06 dated 01.10.2005). allowed to claim HRA @150% against rent receipts as per applicable rules given under Chapter II. B. FURNITURE The following Officers provided with Bank Quarters are eligible for furniture:- a. All Officers in Scale IV and above. b. All DCOs/ACOs of Regional Offices/Central Office Wherever you go, a home is provided for You c. All Senior Managers, Managers, Senior Deputy Managers of Branches and Assistant Managers in charge of Extension counters. d. All Officers transferred outside the home state and posted to branches at District Head Quarters or at places where Regional Office is situated Hand Book on Duties and Rights - 2017 133
II. RECOVERY (with effect from 01.11.2007) A. Towards Quarters: 1.20% of the first stage of the scale of pay in which the Officer is placed OR STANDARD RENT, whichever is less. B. Towards Furniture: 0.25% of the starting basic pay of the scale which the Officer is drawing CALCULATION OF STANDARD RENT (Ref Cir. 7(f) 64 of 1997-98 dt. 17.9.97) The standard rent applicable depending on the living area is furnished in the chart below: LIVING AREA EQUIVALENT STD. RENT (in sq. mtrs) (in sq. ft.) (Rs.) UPTO 50 UPTO 538 113 51 TO 60 548 to 645 135 61 TO 75 656 to 807 157 76 TO 90 817 to 968 209 91 TO 105 979 to 1129 252 106 TO 120 1141 to 1291 296 121 TO 150 1302 to 1614 362 151 TO 180 1625 to 1937 433 181 TO 225 1948 to 2421 510 226 TO 300 2432 to 3228 728 301 TO 400 3239 to 4304 901 401 TO 550 4315 to 5918 1073 Beyond 550 beyond 5918 1250 (conversion table 1 Sq. Mtr = 10.76 Sq. ft.) The basis for determining living area is as under: 1. Main Building: 2. Rooms, Kitchen, bath,latrine,stone and Enclosed veranda 100% of floor area 134 Hand Book on Duties and Rights - 2017
a) Veranda corridors and Barsati 25% of floor area b) Porch 12.50% of floor area c) Court yard pucca 5% of floor area 3. Out House a) Rooms 20% of floor area b) Veranda 12.5% of floor area 4. If the accommodation includes servant quarters and garages independent of the regular accommodation, the following flat rates should be recovered. a. Servant Quarters Rs.10/- p.m. b. Garages Rs. 5/- p.m. FIXING OF QUARTERS AT ANY PLACE IN INDIA (Circular Memo No.7 of 7(f) 1994-95 dated 15.4.1995) With effect from 15.4.1995, all Officers eligible for quarters facility are permitted to fix up quarters in ANY PLACE OF CHOICE IN INDIA subject to the following conditions:- 1. Rent payable for the quarters will be least of the Rent payable at the place of posting or rent applicable to the place where the quarters are fixed. 2. The Officers and Managers should stay in the place of work irrespective of their option for quarters facility elsewhere. 3. The Officers are not eligible for fixing quarters at the place where the Officer or his/her spouse or dependent children owns a house/flat 4. Bank s own quarters will not be allowed to Officers under the category of fixing quarters anywhere in India. 5. No furniture/fixtures will be provided to Officers who opt for quarters outstide the place of posting. 6. If the Officer vacates the quarters at short notice, he is responsible for recovering the rental advance from the landlord. The Bank will be recovering the advance from the member s salary. The member should give an undertaking letter in this regard at the time of fixing of quarters itself. Hand Book on Duties and Rights - 2017 135
Sanctioning Authority and procedure a. Regional Office under whose jurisdiction the Officer is presently attached is empowered to sanction the quarters facility to the Officer, at a place of choice other than the place of work, IRRESPECTIVE OF THE PLACE where the quarters is situated. GAD, C.O. for officers attached to central office. b. The papers relating to quarters facility be kept in the personal file of the officer by the branch to which the officer is attached. c. The rent should be paid by the branch/office to which the Officer is attached, even if he/she opts for quarters at a place of his/her choice, other than his/her place of posting. RENTAL LIMITS FOR BANK QUARTERS: With effect from 01.10.2014 : Ref. Cir No. EST/84/2014-15 dated 11.10.2014 CENTERS JMG I MMG II MMG III SMG IV Special Centres Delhi & Mumbai 12500 12800 13500 15000 Metro I Ahmedabad, Bangalore, 11500 12000 12700 14000 Chandigarh, Chennai, Hyderabad & Kolkata Metro II (1st Category) Coimbatore, Ernakulam, Jaipur 11000 11300 11800 13000 Kanpur, Lucknow, Pune & Trivandrum METRO II (2nd Category) Agra, Baroda, Bhopal, Bubaneswar, 8500 9000 9500 10000 Goa, Indore, Nagpur, Patna, Ranchi, Tirupur, Ludhiyana, Varanasi & Centres in Project Area A as overleaf Area I (1st Category) Jalandhar, Kozhikode, Madurai, 7000 7500 8000 9000 Pondicherry, Salem, Tirupathi, Trichy & Vijayawada Area I (Others) Other State Capitals, Project Area Centres Group B and List of Identified Centres as overleaf 5500 6100 6500 7500 Area II All Other Centres 4500 4800 5300 6000 136 Hand Book on Duties and Rights - 2017
LIST OF EXISTING PROJECT AREA CENTRES : (w.e.f. 01.10.2014) GROUP A Bheemarayangudi Jamshedpur Bhilali Pong Dam (Punjab) Bokaro Rajghat (M P) Burnpur (West Bengal) Ramagundam (A P) Chas Reasi (Jammu & Kashmir) Dapchari (Thane Dt., Maharashtra) Rourkela Durg (M P ) Sundar Nagar (Mandi Dt H P) Durgapur Tirthapuri (Aurangabad Dt ) Heavy Electricals, Kailaspuram (Trichy) Visakhapatnam ( A P ) GROUP B Agali Attapady Irrigation Projefect Hatia Almatti Dam (Karnataka) Idikki Ambikanagar (Kaarnataka) Jagadalpur Ankleshwar (Gujarat) Jeypore (Koraput Dt., Orissa) Balimela (Koraput Dt., Orissa) Jog Falls (Karnataka) Bhadravati (Charapur Dt) Jyotipuram (Salal Hydro Electric Project, Jammu & Kashmir) Bhopal Heavy Electricals ( M P ) Kalpakkam (Tamil Nadu) Cambay (Gujarat) Kanker (Bastar District) Chakranagar (Shimoga Dt.) Kashipur (Koraput Dt., Orissa) Charrargarh (Rajasthan ) Kasimpur (Aligarh, U P) Dandeli (Karnataka) Kargal (Mysore) Deola (Chankapur Project, Nasik) Khetri Dharoi Village (Ahmedabad Circle) Koraput (Koraput Dt, Orissa) Donimalai (Karnataka) Kotpad (Koraput Dt, Orissa) Dhurva Kundremukh Iron Ore Project (Malleswara) Farakka Barrage Kulamavu Gajuvaka Machhakund (Koraput Dt, Orissa) Ganeshgudi (Giant Kali Proj. Supa Dam Mahi (Rajasthan Dam project) Gunupur (Koraput Dt., Orissa) Maithon (West Bengal DVC Project Haldia (West Bengal) Malkangiri (Koraput Dt, Orissa) Mandi ( H P) Rawat Bhata Munsar (Pench Electric Project Maharashtra) Rayaguda (Koraput Dt Orissa) Nagarjunasagar Sileru ( A P) Nangal Tiownship Supa, Karnataka Hand Book on Duties and Rights - 2017 137
Narora Atomic Power Project Srisailam (A P) Nawrangpur (Koraput Dt, Orissa) Sunabeda (Koraput Dt, Orissa) Neyveli Surangani ( H P) Pandoh Talwara Pochampadu ( A P) Umarkote (Koraput Dt Orissa) Pophali (Maharashtra) Wadigodri (Jayakwadi Project Aurangabad) Ramachandrapuram Obra ( U P ) IDENTIFIED CENTRES: (Upgraded for all leased accommodation facility considered as Area I): Alahabad Gorakhpur Jodhpur Aligarh Ooty Jhansi Udaipur Meerut Quilon Ambala Cant Jabalpur Ajmeer Moradabad Davangere Mysore Surat Hubli- Dharwad Amritsar Trissur Aurangabad Roorkee Rajkot Gwalior Gandhidham Nasik Tinsukia Sholapur Belgaum Guntur Palakkad Dhanbad Mangalore Alleppey Siliguri Cuttack Dibrugarh Sivakasi Paradeep SHIFTING CHARGES The shifting charges for quarters will be reimbursed only once in a centre with a maximum of Rs.5000/- w.e.f. 01.10.2011, only once in 3 years in a centre. RENTAL ADVANCE : Rental Advance payable to the following centres, has been revised with effect from 01.10.2014 as below. Centres Existing Revised Special Centre & Metro I 10 Months 12 Months Metro II Centres 3 Months 10 Months All other Centres 3 Months 6 Months BROKERAGE: The quantum of reimbursement of brokerage paid to brokers for fixing leased / rental accommodation has been enhanced to the extent of an amount equivalent to one month rent for all centres with effect from 01.10.2014. 138 Hand Book on Duties and Rights - 2017