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section (1) of Section 3 of the All India Services Act, 1951 (61 of 1951), the Central Government, after consultation with the Governments of the States concerned, hereby makes the following rules, namely Accordingly, the rates of House Rent Allowance shall be as under:-

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766 
 
22.THE ALL INDIA SERVICES (HOUSE RENT 
ALLOWANCE) RULES, 1977. 
 
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of Section 3 of the All India 
Services Act, 1951 (61 of 1951), the Central Government, after consultation with the 
Governments of the States concerned, hereby makes the following rules, namely:- 
 
1. Short title and commencement- 
 
(1) These rules may be called the All India Services (House Rent Allowance) Rules, 1977. 
 
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. 
 
2. Definition- In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires, “member of the Service” 
means a member of an All India Service, as defined in section 2 of the All India Services Act, 
1951 (61 of 1951). 
 
3. Regulation of House Rent Allowance - 
 
(1) A member of the Service, serving in connection with the affairs of the Union, shall be 
entitled to draw House Rent Allowance at such rates, and subject to such conditions as 
may be specified by the Central Government from time to time, in respect of officers of 
the Central Civil Services, Group ‘A’. 
 
Provided that where any special orders have been issued by the Central Government to 
regulate the grant of House Rent Allowance to the members of the Service serving in 
connection with the affairs of the Union, such members shall be entitled to draw House 
Rent Allowance under such special orders. 
 
(2) A member of the Service, serving in connection with the affairs of a State, shall be 
entitled to draw House Rent Allowance at such rates, and subject to such conditions, as 
may be specified by the State Government concerned, from time to time, in respect of 
officers of the State Services, Class I: 
 
Provided that the House Rent Allowance allowed to a member of the Service under this 
sub rule shall not at any time be less than what he would have drawn under sub rule (1), 
had he been appointed to serve in connection with the affairs of the Union at the same 
station. 
 
(3) Every officer whose initial pay is fixed in accordance with sub-rule (5) or sub-rule (6A) 
of Rule 4 of the Indian Administrative Service (Pay) Rules, 1954 or sub-rule (5) or sub-
rule (5A) of the Indian Police Service (Pay) Rules, 1954 or sub-rule (6) of Rule (4) of the 
Indian Forest Service (Pay) Rules, 1968, shall be entitled to draw House Rent Allowance 
in the same manner as a member of the Service under sub-rule (2). 
 
4. Interpretation-If any question arises as to the interpretation of these rules, it shall be referred 
to the Central Government, who shall decide the same. 
 
(D P & AR Notification No. 20019/1/75-AIS(II) dated 4.1.1977). 
 
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA’S DECISION

767 
 
1. 
An officer owns a house, but living in a rented house, which has been leased in the name 
of his wife.  The rent of the house is, however, reported to be paid by the officer. Since the house 
has been leased in the name of wife of the officer, a question has been raised whether in view of 
Note 2 below Rule 4 of the House Rent Allowance Rules applicable to the Central Governments 
servants, the officer can be granted HRA or is it necessary that he should first get the lease of the 
house transferred in his own name to get the HRA. It has been decided in consultation with the 
Ministry of Finance that the officer concerned cannot claim House Rent Allowance on the basis of 
the rent paid by his wife. However, as a co-sharer of the accommodation, he can claim HRA in 
respect of 40% of the rent actually paid by his wife. Alternatively, he can claim HRA in terms of 
the provisions of para 1(5) of OM No. 11011/1/E-II-B/75, dated the 25th  February, 1977 if this 
would be more favourable to him. He will of course, have to give the appropriate certificate as 
required in the instructions contained in the Ministry of Finance OM No. 2(37)/E-II.B/64, dated the 
27th  November, 1965 as amended from time to time. 
 
[DP&AR File No. 20019/114/77-AIS(II)] 
 
2. 
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