Former V-C's wife asked to return house rent allowance



Former V-C's wife asked to return house rent allowance

Vrinda Khole, wife of former vice-chancellor (V-C) of Mumbai University Vijay Khole, has moved the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) against an order passed by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) asking her to return the amount she earned as House Rent Allowance (HRA) between May 20, 2005 and September 27, 2009.

The government on January 12 had sent her a recovery notice, seeking back the amount of Rs5.01 lakh, as she was residing with her husband at the V-C’s bungalow, the official residence at Kalina campus.

A single member bench of Jog Singh issued the notice and sought its reply. “The respondents have been granted time till April 30 to file their reply,” said Khole’s advocate Sandeep Marne.

Vrinda Khole had joined the National Institute for Research in Reproductive Health (formerly known as Institute for Research in Reproduction) as research officer on January 2, 1985.

She was promoted as senior research officer on July 1, 1990 and at the post of deputy director (known as Scientist ‘F’) from July 1, 2005. She is due to retire on April 30, 2014.

Vrinda moved in to the V-C’s official residence after her husband Vijay Khole was allotted a bungalow in Kalina campus in May, 2005.

She was still earning the HRA. The ICMR asked for the HRA paid to her as she was living in a government accommodation.
Source: DNA India

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