Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Ajay Maken has asked Union Urban Development Minister Jaipal Reddy to reserve 30 per cent houses in the DDA housing scheme for government employees and the remaining 70 per cent for the residents of Delhi.

To ensure that they can apply for this scheme, the deadline should be extended by 15 to 30 days, he added.

After writing a letter in this regard to the Urban Development Minister, Maken met Reddy on Thursday to drive home the point. Maken is an MP from the South Delhi constituency, which has a large number of government employees.

In his letter, Maken said that “Delhi has around 65-70,000 units of government accommodation and the satisfaction level of the government employees vis-à-vis housing is 69 per cent. Hence, it is requested that 30 per cent reservation be provided to government employees in the ongoing DDA housing scheme, which accounts for about 16,000 units.”

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Govt employees near retirement should not be disturbed: CAT

New Delhi, Sep 5 (PTI) The Central Administrative Tribunal has held that government employees on the verge of superannuation should not be disturbed merely because they have stayed for a considerably long period at a particular place.

The apex tribunal said that such a benefit should be extended to superannuating employees to retire peacefully at a particular place after years of dedicated service.

"Merely because the applicants have a long stay and the transfer order could not be implemented so far would not by itself constitute sufficient reason.

"There is an objective based on considerations of welfare behind such provision in the transfer policy as it would enable a person about to retire after a long and devoted service to make arrangements for settling down thereafter with his family, acquire a house if not already done," Member N D Dayal said.

Source: PTI

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