Higher HRA for employees at DLF Qutab Enclave, Palam Vihar - Income Tax department refuses to reply to Expenditure department.
Postal employees working in DLF Qutab Enclave, Palam Vihar, Dundahera, Badshahpur and Sector-45 POs. near Gurgaon filed a case in the CAT demanding higher HRA applicable to Delhi - as the Income Tax employees were getting it. Though the CAT dismissed the petition, it asked the government to get clarification on how the DoT and Income Tax employees were getting higher HRA.
Department of Expenditure asked for clarifications from DoT and CBDT. DoT clarified that instructions have been issued to stop the higher HRA and CBDT did not bother to reply and you know the CBDT and Department of Expenditure are in the same Ministry! But this time around CBEC promptly communicated the information to its field.