Revision of Rental Ceilings for Hiring of Residential Accommodation at Islamabad and other specified stations i.e. Rawalpindi, Lahore, Karachi, Peshawar and Quetta (2018)

No. F. 4(8)/97-Policy

Islamabad, 25^th June 2018

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

SUBJECT:   Revision of Rental Ceilings for Hiring of Residential Accommodation at Six Specified Stations i.e. Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Lahore, Quetta, Karachi & Peshawar

The Federal Government is pleased to enhance rental ceiling for hiring of residential accommodation in Federal Ministries/Divisions/Attached Departments / Subordinate Offices at Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Karachi, Lahore, Quetta and Peshawar as under w.e.f. 01-07-2018.

Entitlement B.S	Existing Rental Ceiling		Revised Rental Ceiling
	Islamabad	Other      Specified Stations	Islamabad	Other      Specified Stations
1-2	Rs. 3254/-	Rs. 3051/-	Rs. 4881/-	Rs.4577/-
3-6	Rs. 5083/-	Rs. 4469/-	Rs. 7625/-	Rs. 6704/-
7-10	Rs. 7594/-	Rs. 6797/-	Rs. 1 1391/-	Rs. 10196/-
1 1-13	Rs. 11455/-	Rs. 9936/-	Rs. 17183/-	Rs. 14904/-
14-16	Rs. 14391/-	Rs. 12562/-	Rs. 21587/-	Rs. 18843/-
17-18	Rs. 19049/-	Rs. 16619/-	Rs.28574/-	Rs.24929/-
19	Rs. 25326/-	Rs. 21674/-	Rs. 37989/-	Rs. 3251 11-
20	Rs. 31806/-	Rs.27351/-	Rs.47709/-	Rs. 41027/-
21	Rs. 38084/-	Rs. 32920/-	Rs.57126/	Rs.49380/-·
22	Rs. 455761-	Rs.41310/-	Rs. 68364/-	Rs.61965/-

2.            The enhanced  rental   ceilings    come    into   force   with    effect from 01-07-2018 and will apply to: –

i).         All cases of fresh hiring.

ii).           Cases where the allottee/occupant is obliged to pay difference of rent to the owner out of his own resources. Jn such a case the rent may be increased upto the owner’s demand (indicated at the time of hiring) or the allottee/occupant’s revised rental ceiling whichever is less.

iii).          Cases of houses hired under Rule 80) of the Accommodation Allocation Rules. 2002 or M/o Housing and Works’ O.M No. 2(3)/2003-Pol icy dared 31-07-2004 of which lease has expired. The lease agreement may be executed with the owner as per current rental assessment of the house or the occupant’s revised rental ceiling or the owner’s demand, whichever is the less.

iv).          Cases of houses hired under Rule 9(i) of the Accommodation Allocation Rules, 2002 on Self-Hiring Basis: In such a case, the existing rent of the house may be Increased upto the revised rental ceiling of the allottee/occupant or the rental assessment of the house whichever is less.

3. The above rental ceiling may also be applied, mutatis-mutandis, in case of requisitioned house otherwise qualifying for increase in rent/compensation in accordance with the relevant rules/instructions.

4. In all other cases of hired houses except in cases where additions/alterations have been made with the prior permission of the Government, the benefit of revised rental ceilings will be permissible only on the expiry of the current lease agreement.

5. The existing instructions issued on the subject from time to time will remain force with the above modifications.

6. All the Ministries/ Divisions/ Attached Department/Subordinate offices will meet the increased expenditure out of their respective budgetary allocations and no additional funds and no additional funds will be allowed to them for this purpose during the financial year (2018-2019).

7. This issues with the concurrence of Finance Division vide their O.M No. 4(9)R.14/2007/-367, dated 20.06.2018 and Cabinet Division No. F. 18/CM/2018 dated 07-05-2018.

Section Officer (Policy)