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B-204443 1 (1982-04-05)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadkey0001 and id is 1 raw text is: // ~t/~59+ DECISION THE COMPTROLLER UNNE AL OF THE UNITED UTATES WAUHINOTON, 0, 0, 12054U B-204443 DATE: April 5, 1982 MATTER OF; Ervin A. Keith DIGEBT: 1. Employee is not entitled to reim- bursement for real estate expenses incurred in connection with his permanent change of station from Dallas, Texas, to Washington, D.C., since settlement dates on residence sale and purchase transactions were not within 2 years of the date on which the employee reported to the new duty station. 2. Employee who relocated upon a permanent change of station is not entitled to reimbursement for the transportation of his household goods, since they were not consigned to the carrier for delivery to a particular destination within 2 years of the date he reported to the new duty station. 3. An &,sncy official erroneously author- ized an extension of the statutory 2-year relocation period, and the emplbyee relied upon such extension. Nevertheless, the employee cannot recover the costs incurred after the expiration of the 2-year period be- cause the Government is not subject to the rule of equitable estoppel in these circumstances, nor are other principles of equity available to allo0 claim since the Comptroller GonarAl has only such equity juris- diction as is specifically granted by statute. This action is in response to the request of Mr. William L. Ward, Director of Financial Management, Department of Education, Washington, D.C., for %i deci- sion on the propriety of the Department of Educatiun's denial of transportation and relocation expenses sI, #--a FILE:

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