(1) The Chairperson or a full time member, who has opted for pay and allowances as are admissible to a Secretary or an Additional Secretary to the Government of India, as the case may be, shall be entitled to house rent allowance at the same rate as is admissible to a Central Government officer holding a Group ‘A’ post carrying the same pay:
Provided that the Chairperson or a full-time member shall not be eligible for house rent allowance in case he is in occupation of, or occupies, a General Pool Residential Accommodation which has been allotted to him:
(2) Nothing in this rule shall apply to the Chairperson or a full-time member who has opted for a consolidated salary of four lakh fifty thousand rupees per month or four lakh rupees per month, as the case may be.
15. House rent allowance.-
The chairperson or a full time Member shall be entitled to the house rent allowance at the same rate as are admissible to a Central Government officer holding a Group `A’ post carrying the same pay:
Provided that the chairperson or a full-time member shall not be eligible for house rent allowance in case he is declared eligible for general pool residential accommodation and occupies Government accommodation allotted to him.