“Hometown”
means the town, village or any other place declared as such by the
Government servant and accepted by the controlling officer.
The
hometown once declared and accepted by the controlling officer shall be
treated as final. Though, there is a chance in a lifetime to change the
Hometown address in service records with submiting the appropriate
documents. Generally, once declared his hometown address by an employee,
it is initially may be accepted. But, a detailed check may be applied
only when he seeks a change. Rules says some criteria to determine
whether his decleration may be accepted.
Change
of Hometown.- The hometown once declared and accepted by the
controlling officer shall be treated as final. In exceptional
circumstances, the Head of the Department or if the Government servant
himself is the Head of the Department, the Administrative Ministry, may
authorise a change in such declaration provided that such a change shall
not be made more than once during the service of a Government servant.
Govt. of India Decisions:
(1)
From time to time enquiries have been received as to how exactly the
“home town” should be determined. The conditions of ownership of
property and permanent residence of relatives laid down in para 1 (4) of
this Ministry’s Office Memorandum of 11th October, 1956 are only
illustrative and not exhaustive for determining one’s home town.The
correct test to determine whether a place declared by a Government
servant may be accepted as his hometown or not is to check whether it is
the place where the Govt. servant would normally reside but for his
absence from such a station for service under Government. The criteria
mentioned below may, therefore, be applied to determine whether the
Govt. servant’s declaration may be accepted-
(i)
Whether the place declared by Government servant is the one which
requires his physical presence at intervals for discharging various
domestic and social obligations, and if so, whether after his entry into
service, the Government servant had been visiting that place
frequently.
(ii)
Whether the Government servant owns residential property in that place
or whether he is a member of a joint family having such property there.
(iii) Whether his near relations are resident in that place.
(iv) Whether, prior to his entry into Government service, the Government servant had been living there for some years.
NOTE.-
The criteria, one after the other, need be applied only in cases where
the immediately preceding criterion is not satisfied.
Where
the Government servant or the family of which he is a member owns a
residential or landed property in more than one place, it is left to the
Government servant to make a choice giving reasons for the same,
provided that the decision of the Controlling Officer whether or not to
accept such place as the hometown of the
Government servant shall be final.
Government servant shall be final.
Where
the presence of near relations at a particular place is to be the
determining criterion for the acceptance of declaration of ‘hometown’
the presence of near relations should be a more or less permanent
nature.
2.
It has been decided, in view of the comprehensive revised definition of
“home town”, to give further opportunity to declare the home towns
afresh within a time limit (i.e. by the 31st October, 1958) to all those
who might be affected by the revised definition (e.g. whose earlier
declarations were rejected but who would now become eligible to declare
particular places as their hometowns, or who might like to have a change
affected in the light of the revised criteria). Such fresh declaration
after approval by the Controlling Officer will be treated as the “first
declaration” and not as a change of declaration in terms of para 1 (4)
of this Ministry’s Office Memorandum No.43/1/56-Estt. Part II, dated the
11th October, 1956.
3.
Those Government servants who because of the revised definition now
become eligible for the leave travel concession would, however, be
eligible only for the concessions commencing from the one relating to
the 1958-59 block.
(MHA OM No. 43/15/57-Ests. (A) dated 24.6.1958)
Application for Change of Declared Home Town
1. Name and Designation :2. Home Town (Present) :
3. Home Town (Proposed) :
(Full Address)
a) Whether the place now declared :
is one which required your physical
presence at intervals for discharging
various domestic and social
obligations.
b) After entry in Govt. Service how :
often you have visited this place
c) When did you last visited the :
Place.
4. Do you own residential property
at this place.
a) Are you a member of a joint :
family having such property
there at this place.
b) Are your near relative are :
residing there ?
c) What is the relationship ?
d) Are these relations residing at :
this place more or less on permanent
basis?
5. Did you reside at this place :
prior to your entry into Government
Service? If so far what period did you
reside there?
6. List of Family Members with you on date :
| S.No. | Name | Age | Relation |
I declare that the above information is true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
Station:
Date :
Signature
Name :
Designation :Tok.No :
Contact No. :
