Revision of Rental Ceilings for Hiring of Residential Accommodation at Islamabad and other specified stations i.e. Rawalpindi, Lahore, Karachi, Peshawar and Quetta (2021)

No. F.4(8)/92-Policy

Islamabad, the 28th September, 2021

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

SUBJECT:   REVISION OF RENTAL CEILINGS FOR HIRING OF RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION AT ISLAMABAD AND OTHER SPECIFIED STATIONS I.E. RAWALPINDI. LAHORE, KARACHI. PESHAWAR AND QUETTA.

Federal Government is pleased to enhance rental ceiling for hiring of residential accommodation in Federal Ministries/Divisions/Attached Department/ Subordinatete Offices at Islamabad and other specified stations i.e. Rawalpindi, Karachi, Lahore, Quetta and Peshawar as under w.e.f. 01-07-2021.

Revised Rates:

Entitlement B.S	Existing Rental Ceiling		Revised Rental Ceiling
	Islamabad	Other Specified Stations	Islamabad	Other Specified Stations
1-2	Rs. 4881	Rs. 4577	Rs. 7029	Rs. 6591
3-6	Rs. 7625	Rs. 6704	Rs. 10980	Rs. 9654
7-10	Rs. 11391	Rs. 10196	Rs. 16403	Rs. 14682
11-13	Rs. 17183	Rs. 14904	Rs. 24744	Rs. 21462
14-16	Rs. 21587	Rs. 18843	Rs. 31085	Rs. 27134
17-18	Rs. 28574	Rs. 24929	Rs. 41147	Rs. 35898
19	Rs. 37989	Rs. 32511	Rs. 54704	Rs. 46816
20	Rs. 47709	Rs. 41027	Rs. 68700	Rs. 59079
21	Rs. 57126	Rs. 49380	Rs. 82261	Rs. 71107
22	Rs. 68364	Rs.61965	Rs. 98444	Rs. 89230

2.     The enhanced rental ceilings come into force with effect from 01-07-2021 and will apply to: –

1. All cases of fresh hiring.
2. Cases where the allottee/occupant is obliged to pay difference of rent to the owner out of his own resources. In 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.
3. Cases of houses hired under Rule 8(i) of the Accommodation Allocation Rules, 2002 or M/o Housing and Works’ O.M No. 2(3)/2003-Policy dated 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.
4. Cases of houses hired under Rule 90 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 (2021-2022).

This issues with the concurrence of Finance Division vide their O.M No.dated 24-08-2021 and Cabinet Division No. F. 31/CM/2021 -D, dated 24-09-2021.

Section Officer (Policy)