New housing policy for IAS, Danics cadre

Continuing its tirade against IAS and Danics officers, the AAP government is in the process of adopting a new policy for the allotment of houses to its officials. The government has reportedly decided to approach the Union government to provide houses equivalent in number of same category which are being retained by those who have been transferred to the Centre or other states.

This decision was reportedly taken at a Cabinet meeting held on March 22. The Delhi government now wants to vacate all houses which have been retained by IAS and Danics officers who are not posted in the city administration. This means IAS and Danics officers posted at Centre or other Union Territories will have to vacate their house if they are not posted with the AAP government.

A highly placed source said that the AAP government has decided to approach the Centre to provide it with equivalent number of same category of government houses in lieu of the Delhi government houses occupied by IAS and Danics posted with the Union government or any other state or Union Territory by June 30,2016, failing which the same rules shall apply to the officers posted out of Delhi as they apply to ministers of Delhi when they remit office. A copy of the minutes of the city Cabinet accessed by this newspaper said : “The Cabinet noted with the concern that while Delhi government has limited housing stock for its officers and employees, there are many officers posted outside Delhi who are retaining government houses in Delhi. Since Delhi government is facing an acute shortage of houses and since Central government is cadre controlling authority of IAS and Danics officers, it was decided that matter be taken up with the Government of India to provide equivalent number of same category of government houses to it in lieu of the Delhi government house occupied by IAS and Danics posted in Government of Indian or other States/Union Territories by June 30,2016 failing which the same rules shall apply to the officers posted out of Delhi as they apply to ministers of Delhi when they remit office.”

A senior Delhi government officer, who has recently been transferred, said that the decision reflects that Delhi government was still angry with IAS and Danics officers as many of them have been at loggerheads with it over a host of contentious issues.

“This is just another way the government of Delhi is going to adopt to harass officers who refused to toe their line of politics,” he added.