Archive · 15 Aug 2026
Maharashtra tightens housing rules for transferred government staffers
The Maharashtra government made new rules about government houses.
Government workers can live in these houses while they work.
The new rules are about what happens when workers retire or move to another city.
Retired workers with children in school can keep their government house.
The child must be in classes 1 to 12.
They can stay until the school year ends.
They must show some documents and pay a licence fee.
The fee is five times the normal rate.
Workers who move away from Mumbai usually have to leave the official house.
The rules also apply to workers dismissed from their jobs.
This helps families while keeping the housing rules fair.
The Maharashtra government on Friday allowed retired employees to keep government accommodation if their children study in Classes 1 to 12.
Retired employees can stay in the accommodation until the end of the child's academic year.
Staying on requires submission of prescribed documents and payment of licence fees at five times the existing rate.
The provision covers General Administration Department residences in Mumbai and other government accommodation across the state.
The rules also apply to employees who have been compulsorily retired or dismissed from service, while safeguards target staffers transferred outside Mumbai.
- Who
- The Maharashtra government and its retired, transferred, or dismissed employees
- What
- New housing rules allowing some retired employees to retain government accommodation while tightening safeguards for staffers transferred outside Mumbai
- When
- Friday (specific date not stated in the article)
- Where
- Maharashtra, including government residences under the General Administration Department in Mumbai and across the state
- Why
- To align with provisions on vacation of government accommodation by retired employees while accommodating children's school education
- State
- Maharashtra
- Eligible retirees
- Retired employees with children studying in Classes 1 to 12
- Stay duration
- Until the end of the child's academic year
- Licence fee
- Five times the existing rate
- Coverage
- GAD residences in Mumbai and other government accommodation across the state
- Also applies to
- Compulsorily retired or dismissed employees
- Announcement
- Friday (date not specified)