3 accommodation cases approved to children of govt employees last year

ISLAMABAD, Feb 22 (APP):Ministry of Housing and Works has approved three cases of retired employees of the constitutional bodies for allotment of government accommodations to their children.
“The allotment was made under rule 15(2) (b) of Accommodation Allocation Rules, 2002, which have been approved during the period from April to December, 2017,” an official in the ministry told APP.
He said the ministry has moved a summary to the Prime Minister for amendments in Accommodation Allocation Rules, 2002 to make the employees of constitutional bodies eligible to get government accommodation from Estate Office pool.
However, the official said the decision in the regard is still awaited.
To a question, he said 22 cases of corruption surfaced in the Estate Office, Islamabad during last three years and those involved have to face disciplinary action.
He added that some of the employees were convicted and disciplinary action was taken against them.
About the Bhara Kahu Housing Scheme Phase-I for federal government employees, he informed that the Housing Foundation issued provisional offer letters on First come first serve basis.
However, possession of plots will be handed over after completion of development work. As per main agreement M/s Green Tree (Pvt) Ltd, will carry out the development work and complete it within two years from the inception of development work.