Rule 153. Allotment and occupation of houses under clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 92

(1) No rent shall be charged by an employer for the housing accommodation provided to workers and their families residing in his plantation.

(2) Houses shall be allotted on the basis of one house for a worker having a family for the use of the worker and his family:

Provided that if there are two or more workers in a family only one house shall be allotted in respect of any such family in the name of any worker in the family:

Provided further that in case, of termination of services of a worker in whose name a house is allotted under the preceding proviso, the house shall be allotted in the name of any other member of his family who is a worker.

(3) The employer may allot houses to workers not having families at the rate of one house for not more than four such workers.

(4) The occupant of a house shall not make any unauthorised additions to or alterations in the house.

(5) The occupant of a house shall not exchange the house with the occupant of another house except with the written permission of the employer.

(6) The occupant shall not let the house or any portion thereof to any person.

(7) All workers and members of their families occupying the houses shall use the latrines provided and shall not pollute the soil and shall keep the houses and the precincts thereof clean and tidy and shall not waste drinking water.

(8) No cattle or goats shall be kept in the living rooms or verandahs and no windows or air spaces shall be blocked up.

(9) The employer shall bring to the notice of each worker to whom housing accommodation has been provided the conditions governing the occupation of such accommodation in writing in a language which the latter can understand.