New Delhi, March 11 -- The Lakshadweep Administration has granted permission to the local accommodation boards in all islands to consider requests from contract employees for allotment of quarters, subject to availability, after allotting to the eligible regular employees as per the prevailing rules, Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai said on Tuesday in Parliament.

The Minister said that the allotment is made on payment of three times the licence fee, which is similar to the licence fee applicable to the Government employees in case of allotment of higher category of accommodation.

As per the extant guidelines, whenever eligible employees apply for the quarters or for any other administrative reason, it becomes neces...