B-200090: Feb 10, 1981

CIVILIAN EMPLOYEE OF DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY CLAIMS THAT GOVERNMENT IS ESTOPPED TO ADJUST HIS LIVING QUARTERS ALLOWANCE IN ACCORDANCE WITH 1974 REVISION OF DEPARTMENT OF STATE STANDARDIZED REGULATIONS (GOVERNMENT CIVILIANS. CLAIM IS DENIED BECAUSE DOCTRINE OF EQUITABLE ESTOPPEL DOES NOT APPLY IN CASES WHERE. THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND THE EMPLOYEE IS NOT CONTRACTUAL BUT APPOINTIVE...

B-200090: Feb 10, 1981

A civilian employee of the Department of the Army made a claim for retroactive payment of the rental portion of his living quarters allowance. The employee had obtained a licensing agreement for the construction of a portable house for self-occupancy in accordance with the prevailing command policy on family housing at that time. This policy authorized an annual rental allowance equivalent to 10 p...