GPRA and e-Awas

General Pool Residential Accommodation [GPRA] means Central Government residential accommodations under the administrative control of the Directorate of Estates (DoE) for which the entire area of NCT of Delhi and particular cities or areas declared by the regional offices of the Directorate of Estates or CPWD is considered for allotment.

e-Awas, on the other hand, is an electronic governance tool used by the Government to have a clear, unbiased, easy, corruption free, and paperless allotment process of the houses to Employees.

All About e-Sampada

e-Sampada was launched by the Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh on Christmas 2020. It is a new portal and mobile app which provides a single platform for all services that concerns allotment of government residential accommodations, office spaces and booking of holiday homes across 28 cities. This online facility allows users to submit documents, appear for virtual hearing and lodge complaints to all Indian residents. The portal allows transparent and accountable allocation, retention, regularisation and no dues certificates as enhancement to e-governance.

Mr Puri mentions how “real time information on utilisation of assets and delivery of service will facilitate optimum utilisation of resources. The automated processes will minimize human intervention and will lead to greater transparency.” ^[source]

GPRA Eligibility Criterion

• If you are a government employee in Delhi, your location must be approved by the Cabinet Committee on Accommodation (CCA) and should be located within the boundary of NCT.

• If you are a government employee outside Delhi, your application requires approval by CCA which shall be forwarded to the Directorate post approval of joint secretary that carries all information regarding status of office and eligibility from another pool.

• For employees in government offices already having a departmental residential accommodation pool, are also eligible to apply for the general pool after they have submitted a certificate that states ‘no junior to the applicant has been given in turn allotment’ from the department pool, failing which their application will get rejected.

Application for GPRA using e-Sampada

All government employees need to apply for allotment of houses online only. Follow the procedure step-by-step, to apply for government accommodation:

Step 1: Go to e-Sampada portal

Step 2: Click on ‘Government Residential Accommodation’.

Step 3: Login through your registered mobile number or official E-mail ID.

Step 4: Fill the DE-II form

Step 5: Follow the procedure as mentioned in the form going forward

Application for GPRA using e-Awas

Application through e-Awas can be made only after receiving a regular appointment or joining on transfer at the place of posting in the ministries, departments or offices of the government and other organisations, declared eligible for GPRA.

For the cities where the ‘Automated System of Allotment’ is available on the website of the Directorate of Estates, all applications get redirected through it using the DE-2 Form.

The applications received up to the last day of the month are counted in the waiting list of the following month. Also, the Aadhaar number is compulsory, for applying for GPRA.

Step 1: Visit the GPRA portal

Step 2: Click on the region where for accommodation is required

Step 3: Create your login ID through e-Awas by filling up a form.

Step 4: Use this login ID and password to fill the DE-2 Form.

Step 5: Take a print of this form and get it forwarded by the applicant’s office to the DoE

Step 6: The applicant’s account gets activated once the DE-2 Form is submitted in order to be included in the waiting list, for submitting the preferences of houses in e-Awas and to make required changes in the preferences, as and when required.

Allotment letter and authority slip

One needs to fill up the ‘Acceptance Form’ available on e-Awas and e-Sampada for issuing allotment letter online. Post verification of the Acceptance Form and acceptance by the office, an authority slip and a licence fee bill will be generated online to be sent to the allottee. A revised licence fee bill will be sent online to the allottee on receiving physical occupation report of the allotted accommodation.

List of cities with General Pool Residential Accommodation