In terms of instructions contained in Ministry of Urban Affairs and Employment’s Directorate of Estates’ O.M. No: 12035/1/99-Pol.II dated 20-01-1999, Officers of the Ministry of External Affairs posted abroad at stations which have been declared non-family stations by the Ministry of External Affairs and where officers are not permitted to take their families with them, are eligible to retain the entitled type of accommodation on payment of normal licence fee. Further, in terms of Corrigendum No. 12035/1/99/Pol.II dated 29-06-1999, Central Government employees posted abroad at stations which are declared non-family stations by the Ministry of External Affairs and where officials are not permitted to take their families with them, are also eligible to retain the entitled type of accommodation on payment of normal licence fee. It is hereby clarified that if there are any such cases where Railway employees proceed on secondment to International Organisations and where the posting is done through the Department of Personnel and Training, they may be provided with the facility of retention of entitled type of Railway accommodation on payment of single licence fee.
This issues with the concurrence of Finance Directorate of the Ministry of Railways.