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B-227587 1 (1987-09-03)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadmva0001 and id is 1 raw text is: The Comptroller General of the United States Wahington, D.C. 20548 Decision Gregory McGruder - Real Estate Expenses - Matterof- Time Limitation File: B-227587 Date. September 3. 1987 DIGEST An employee, who transferred to a new duty station effective November 16, 1982, may not be reimbursed for the sale of former residence since settlement did not occur until May 16, 1986, more than 3 years after the date he reported to his new duty station. The 3-year time limitation imposed by paragraph 2-6.le of the Federal Travel Regulations has the force and effect of law and may not be waived in any individual case. Furthermore, the failure of the employing agency to exercise its discretion to provide private relocation services, including arrangement for the purchase of the employee's former residence, does not provide a basis to allow this claim. DECISION BACKGROUND This decision is in response to an appeal submitted by Mr. Gregory McGruder, an Air Force employee, of a settlement issued by our Claims Group on March 9, 1987 (Z-2864716). Our Claims Group denied his claim for reimbursement of real estate expenses incurred in connection with the sale of his residence more than 3 years after his transfer to a new official duty station. In November 1982, Mr. McGruder was transferred from Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, to Panama, reporting to his new official duty station on November 16, 1982. He was unable to immediately sell his house at his old duty station. Prospective buyers did enter into a contract to purchase the house in April 1986, but the sale was not finalized until May 15, 1986. Due to the difficulty he had selling his home in El Paso, he requested and was granted on October 25, 1985, a 1-year extension of the time limit for which real estate expenses may be reimbursed. Since the initial 2-year limitation would have expired November 16, 1984, the approved extension allowed him until November 16, 1985, to

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