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Extension of Lockdown up to May 31, 2020

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Extension of Lockdown up to May 31, 2020

States to decide various Zones and Activities to be allowed in these Zones; Certain activities to remain prohibited throughout the Country National Directives for COVID-19 Management continue to be in force throughout the Country Night Curfew to continue to remain in force

Lockdown measures in place since March 24, 2020 have helped considerably in containing the spread of COVID-19. It has therefore been decided to further extend the lockdown till May 31, 2020. Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), Government of India (GoI) issued an order, today, under the Disaster Management (DM) Act, 2005, in this regard. The salient features of the new guidelines are as follows:

States to decide various Zones

Under the new guidelines, States and Union Territories (UTs) will now delineate Red, Green and Orange zones taking into consideration the parameters shared by the Health Ministry. The zones can be a district, or a municipal corporation/ municipality or even smaller administrative units such as sub-divisions, etc, as decided by States and UTs.

Within the red and orange zones, containment and buffer zones will be demarcated by the local authorities, after taking into consideration the Health Ministry guidelines.

Within the containment zones, only essential activities shall be allowed. Strict perimeter control shall be maintained, and no movement of persons would be allowed, except for medical emergencies and for maintaining supply of essential goods and services. Buffer zones are areas adjoining each containment zone, where new cases are more likely to appear. In the buffer zones, more caution needs to be exercised.

Activities Prohibited throughout the Country

A limited number of activities will continue to remain prohibited throughout the country. These include

  • all domestic and international air travel of passengers, except for domestic medical services, domestic air ambulance and for security purposes or purposes as permitted by MHA;
  • metro rail services;
  • running of schools, colleges, educational and training/coaching institutions;
  • hotels, restaurants and other hospitality services, except for the running of canteens in bus depots, railway stations and airports;
  • places of large public gatherings such as cinemas, shopping malls, gymnasiums entertainment parks, etc.;
  • social, political, cultural and similar gatherings and other large congregations; and, access to religious places/places of worship for public.

However, online/ distance learning shall be permitted and encouraged; and, restaurants will be allowed to operate kitchens for home delivery of food items.

Opening up of Sports Activities

Sports complexes and stadia will be permitted to open only for sports activities. However, spectators will not be allowed in these complexes.

Activities permitted with restrictions

In order to facilitate the movement of persons, various modes of transport have already been opened up. Movement of individuals by trains has been permitted earlier by MHA through an order dated 11.05.2020. Further, evacuation of foreign nationals from India, return of stranded Indian nationals from abroad, sign-on and sign-off of Indian seafarers, and intra-State and inter-State movement of stranded persons by bus and train, will continue to be allowed.

Inter-State movement of vehicles and buses has also been allowed with mutual consent of the concerned States/ UTs. Intra-State movement of vehicles and buses can be decided by the States and UTs.

National Directives for COVID-19 management

The guidelines specify the National Directives for COVID-19 management, which shall apply to public places and work places.

Under these guidelines, wearing of face covers is compulsory; spitting will be punishable with fine as may be prescribed in accordance with its laws, rules or regulations by the State/ UT local authority; and social distancing is to be followed by all persons in public places and in transport. Marriage related gathering shall not have more than 50 guests. For funerals/ last rites, the maximum number of persons allowed has been kept at 20. Consumption of liquor, paan, gutkha and tobacco etc., is not allowed in public places.

The National Directives also stipulate additional requirements for work places. The practice of work from home (WfH) should be followed to the extent possible; and staggering of work hours should be adopted in respect of all offices and other establishments. There should be provision for thermal scanning, hand wash and sanitizers at all entry and exit points and common areas; and all work places and other sensitive locations are to be sanitized regularly. In work places, social distancing would also need to be ensured through adequate distance between workers, adequate gaps between shifts, staggering the lunch break of staff and so on.

Stipulations regarding Shops and Markets

Local authorities should ensure that shops and markets open with staggered timings, so as to ensure social distancing. All shops shall also have to ensure six feet distance (2 gaz ki doori) among customers and also not allow more than 5 persons at one time.

Night Curfew

Night Curfew shall continue to remain in force on the movement of individuals, for all non-essential activities, between 7 pm and 7 am.

Protection for Vulnerable Persons

Vulnerable persons, i.e., persons above 65 years of age, persons with co-morbidities, pregnant women, and children below the age of 10 years, shall stay at home, except for meeting essential requirements and for health purposes.

All activities to be Permitted other than the limited number of those that are prohibited or restricted

All other activities will be permitted except those which are specifically prohibited under these guidelines. However, in containment zones, only essential activities shall be allowed, as mentioned earlier.

States to decide on activities within various Zones

States/ UTs, based on their assessment of the situation, may prohibit certain other activities in the various zones, or impose such restrictions as deemed necessary.

Use of Aarogya Setu

The Aarogya Setu mobile application is a powerful tool built by Government of India to facilitate quick identification of persons infected by COVID-19, or at risk of being infected, thus acting as a shield for individuals and the community. With a view to ensure safety in offices and work places, employers on best effort basis should ensure that the application is installed by all employees having compatible mobile phones.

District authorities have been asked to advise individuals to install the Aarogya Setu application on compatible mobile phones and regularly update their health status on the app. This will facilitate timely provision of medical attention to those individuals who are at risk. State/ UT Governments shall continue to strictly enforce the lockdown guidelines and they shall not dilute these guidelines issued under the Disaster Management Act, 2005, in any manner.

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Consolidated instructions for PDA to ensure smooth payment of pension / family pension to pensioners / family pensioners

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No.12/4/2020-P&PW(C)-6300
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pension
Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare
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8th Floor, Janpath Bhavan,
Janpath, New Delhi,
Dated: 15th May, 2020

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

Subject : Consolidated instructions for Pension Disbursing Authorities to ensure smooth payment of pension/ family pension to pensioners / family pensioners.

On an analysis of the grievances received in this Department, it has been observed that updated and consolidated instructions will help improve the processing of Pensioners requests by banks and others. Hence, an attempt has been made herein, to consolidate relevant instructions issued by Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare from time to time with regard to disbursement of pension and family pension. These Banks are adopting different procedures, while releasing pension/ family pension or seeking declarations/certificates from pensioners / family pensioners at different periodicity. Therefore, the following consolidated guidelines are being issued with an objective to create awareness among CPPCs/ bank branches on updated rules and instructions in this regard-:

(i) Requirement of pensioners to be present in person before paying bank branch for credit of first pension : The pensioner is no longer required to visit bank in person for credit of his first pension. The undertaking with regard to recovery of overpayment from pensioner is forwarded to concerned bank CPPC through CPAO along with the PPO. Bank will not insist for the presence of pensioner in order to activate their pension account. (DoPPW’s OM No. 1/27/2011-P&PW dated 7th may 2014)

(ii) Requirement of family pensioner to submit form 14 : On death of a pensioner, the spouse is not required to submit form 14, if he/she was having a joint account with the pensioner and authorisation for payment of family pension exists in the Pension Payment Order (PPO) in his/her favour. In such cases, spouse will be required to provide only a copy of the death certificate to the pension paying branch in order to commence his/her family pension. Pension disbursing bank will identify the family pensioners based on the information furnished in PPO and its own Know Your Customer procedure without insisting him/her to physically present himself/herself in the paying bank.(DoPPW’s OM No. 1/27/2011-P&PW dated 20th September 2013 )

(iii) Insisting spouse to open separate bank account for getting family pension –: Banks will not insist for opening a new account when the spouse was having a joint account with the pensioner and authorisation for payment of family pension exists in the Pension Payment Order (PPO) in his/her favour. (RBI Circular- Disbursement of Government Pension by Agency Banks dated September 9, 2019)

(iv) Submission of declaration for taking up commercial employment after retirement : This declaration is required from pensioners who have retired from Group ‘A’ services/posts. This declaration is required only in the first year after retirement of a Group A officer. Therefore, this declaration may not be sought from the pensioner after expiry of one year from the date of retirement. If a pensioner declares that he has taken up commercial employment within one year from the date of retirement without obtaining permission of Government, Pension disbursing bank will seek the orders of the Government through the CPAO before making further pension payments. However, if a pensioner declares that he has taken up commercial employment within one year after retirement with the permission of the Government, Pension disbursing bank will continue to pay his /her pension. (Rule 10 of CCS Pension Rule).

(v) Submission of re- employment certificate: A pensioner is required to furnish a re-employment declaration once in a year i.e. in the month of November every year. If a pensioner declares that he is re-employed under the Central or State Government, or a Corporation/ Company/ Body/ Bank under them, the element of dearness relief during the period of re-employment may not be credited by the bank during the period of such re-employment. However, if a pensioner declares about his re-employment and also states that in accordance with the relevant rules/instructions, entire amount of his/her pension has been ignored while fixing his/her pay in the re- employment post, he will continue to be eligible to draw dearness relief along with pension. If a pensioner fails to submit requisite declaration in the month of November, the element of dearness relief on his monthly pension may not be credited by the bank and he may be paid pension excluding the dearness relief. Employment/re-employment of spouse does not affect his/her family pension. Therefore, Dearness Relief will continue to be paid with family pension to the spouse who is employed/re-employed in the aforesaid organizations. ( Rule 55 of CCS Pension Rules, 1972 ),

(vi) Submission of non-earning certificate : A family pensioner, other than spouse. has to submit a declaration of non-earning his/her livelihood every year in the month of November. As per rule 54(6) of CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972, family pension is allowed to a son, daughter, disabled sibling or parents of a deceased pensioner or a deceased Government servant until he/she starts earning his/her livelihood. This declaration is however, not required from the spouse for continuing his/her family pension. (Rule 54(6) of CCS Pension Rules).

(vii) Submission of declaration of marriage : A family pensioner, other than spouse, has to submit a declaration of non-marriage/non re-marriage every six months. The family pension is discontinued if she/he gets married/re-married. If the spouse is a recipient of family pension, no certificate of remarriage is required to be furnished by him/her. At the time of commencement of family pension, an undertaking will be obtained from him/her to the effect that in the event of his/her re¬marriage, he/she will report the fact to the pension disbursing bank promptly. However childless widow of deceased Government servant and disabled child of a pensioner/Government servant will continue to get family pension even if they get married/re-married. (Rule 54(6) of CCS (PENSION) RULES, 1972)

(viii) Submission of life certificate: Life certificate has to be submitted by every pensioner/family pensioners in the month of November every year. Pension Disbursing bank will also accept Aadhar enabled Digital Life Certificate “Jeevan Pramaan”. Old aged pensioners who are 80 years and above can submit life certificate in the month of October also.( D/o Pension & Pensioners Welfare’s OM No. 1/20/2018 P&PW (E) Dated 18.07.2019)

(ix) Submission of disability certificate : If family pension has been sanctioned to a disabled child and the disability is temporary, the guardian of such disabled child shall produce disability certificate once in every 5 years to the effect that he/she continues to suffer from such disorder /disability in order to continue family pension. No fresh certificate of disability would be required in the case of a child with permanent disability. A disabled child will also be required to self-certify every year that he/she has not started earning his/her livelihood (Rule 54(6) of CCS Pension Rule,1972)

(x) Restoration of commuted portion of pension: Restoration of commuted portion of pension after 15 years is to be made automatically by bank. Pensioner will not be asked to make application for restoration of commuted portion of pension. In cases where the date of commutation is not readily available in the PPO. the bank will obtain the information from the Accounts Officer who issued the PPO through Central Pension Accounting Office before restoring the commuted portion of pension. The amount of commuted pension will not be deducted from family pension. Rule 10 of CCS (Commutation of Pension) Rules,1981

(xi) Paying additional amount of pension on attaining the age of 80 ears and above: The additional quantum of pension/family pension will be paid on attaining the age 80 years and above. Additional pension is paid from the first day of the month in which a pensioner/family pensioner completes the age of 80 years and above. For example, if a pensioner /family pensioner completes the age of 80 years in the month of August, 2020, he will be paid additional pension/family pension from 1st day of the month of August, 2020. Bank will not insist for any request /application from pensioners /family pensioners in order to pay additional pension to them. The quantum of additional pension/family pension to the pensioners/family pensioners is as follows:-

Age of Pensioner Additional quantum of pension
From 80 years to less than 85 years 20% of basic pension
From 85 years to less than 90 years 30% of basic pension
From 90 years to less than 95 years 40% of basic pension
From 95 years to less than 100 years 50% of basic pension
100 years or more 100% of basic pension

(D/o Pension & Pensioners Welfare’s OM No. dated 38/37/08 P&PW(A) dated 2nd September & 3rd October 2008)

(xii) Obtaining of Life Certificate from the doorstep of the pensioners:- The Department has issued directions to all the Pension Disbursing Banks to send SMSs/Emails to all their pensioners on 24th October, 1st November, 15th November and 25th November every year reminding them to submit their Annual Life Certificates by 30th November. The Department directed all Pension Disbursing Banks to make an exception list as on 1st December every year of those pensioners who fail to submit their Life Certificate and issue another SMSIEmail to them for submitting the Life Certificate. The bank in addition will also ask such pensioners through SMS/Email as to whether they are interested in submission of Life Certificate through a chargeable doorstep service, on a nominal charge not exceeding Rs. 60/-. (D/o Pension &Pensioners Welfare’s Circular No. 12/4/2020-P&PW(C)-6300, dated 17.01.2020).

2. All banks are advised to comply with the above instructions and to give wide publicity by putting up these instructions on their websites and also on the notice boards of the branches of the bank etc.

3. This issues with the approval of the competent authority.

(Rajesh Kumar)
Under Secretary to the Government of India

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Selection of SAOs/ AOs/ AAOs to serve as faculty in OTI Gurugram – PCDA

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OFFICE OF THE PR. CONTROLLER OF DEFENCE ACCOUNTS (PENSIONS)
DRAUPADI GHAT, ALLAHABAD – 211 014,
www.pcdapension.nic.in, e-mail: [email protected]
EPBAX Tele- (0532)-2421877; 2421879; 2421880 Extn-258
Call Centre No (Toll Free) – 18001805325 (Timing – 09:30 AM to 06:00 PM

Imp. Circular

No. AN/I/244/Vol.88

Date: 14.05.2020

To,
The Officer-in-Charge
All Sections
(Local)

Subject: Selection of SAOs/ AOs/ AAOs to serve as faculty in OTI Gurugram.

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The HQrs. Office vide their letter No. TD/3169/ALTAC/Faculty/2020 dated 12.05.2020 has called for the names of volunteer SAOs/ AOs/ AAOs for selection of training faculty for OTI Gurugram for imparting training to the officers and staff. The officer selected for faculty will be eligible for training allowance in accordance with the extent rules. The volunteers must have good skills and proven aptitude for training. Before appointment to the post of training faculty in OTI Gurugram, the volunteer officers would have to undergo a screening test which would be conducted by a Screening Committee, constituted by HQrs. Office.

2. It is also requested that the names of volunteers amongst SAOs/ AOs/ AAOs serving in your section may be forwarded to this section as per the enclosed format (Annexure A) latest by 08.06.2020 for onward transmission to HQrs. Office, Delhi. Names of volunteers who would be retiring up to September 2022 may not be forwarded.

3. Nil report is also required.

Jt. CDA (AN) has seen.

–
(Raj Bahadur)
Sr. Accounts Officer(AN)

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Tamil Nadu Government Offices to function six days a week with 50% workforce – TN G.O.(MS) No.239

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ABSTRACT

Public Services – COVID-19 – Functioning of Government offices with six day week – Ensuring Social distancing with half the work force at any given point of time – Orders – Issued.

Revenue and Disaster Management (DM-II)Department

G.O.(MS) No.239

Dated: 15.05.2020

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திருவள்ளூவர் ஆண்டு – 2051

ORDER:

Read:

1. G.O.(Ms) No. 172, Revenue and Disaster Management Department, Dated, 25.03.2020
2. G.O.(Ms) No. 217, Revenue and Disaster Management Department, Dated, 03.05.2020

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During the period of lock down due to Covid-19 pandemic, the working strength of all Government offices was kept at a maximum of 33% as per Notification dated 03.05.2020 second read above.

2.From 18.05.2020, in order to have regular functioning of Government offices by maintaining social distancing in offices, the Government direct that all Government offices shall function with half the work force in any given day. In addition, in order to compensate the working hours already lost, the Government direct that a system of six-day working week including Saturdays as working days, with present office timings be brought into force.

Also Read : TN Govt Employees Retirement Age 59 Years Latest News & Orders

3. Accordingly, the Government direct to bring in the following system of office functioning in all Government offices with effect from 18.05.2020

i. six-day working week including Saturdays as working days, with present office timings;

ii. all Government offices shall function with half the work force (i.e., 50%);

iii. in the start of a week, first batch shall work for 2 days at a stretch (Monday & Tuesday) and the second batch shall work for the next 2 days (Wednesday & Thursday) followed by the first batch for the next 2 days (Friday & Saturday);

iv. in the subsequent week, second Batch shall work for 2 days at a stretch (Monday & Tuesday) and the first batch shall work for the next 2 days (Wednesday & Thursday) followed by the second batch for the next 2 days (Friday & Saturday).

v. notwithstanding the above alternate working system, the staff on off-duty shall also attend office if called for at any point of time;

vi. All Group ‘A’ Officers i.e., all staff in posts drawing level of pay from Rs.59,300 – 1,87,700 to Rs.1,28,900 – 2,25,000 (levels 25 to 32 in the pay matrix) and all Head of Offices (irrespective of level in the pay matrix) shall attend office on all working days; vii. A system of level-jumping in the submission of files in the reporting hierarchy shall be put in place by the Head of the Department, if necessary;

viii. All officers / staff members shall always be available for official work and accessible through any electronic mode of communication;

ix. this system of office functioning shall be followed in all Government offices from Secretariat to district / field level office including Commissions, Boards, Corporations, Universities, Companies, Institutions, Societies etc., of the State Government;

x. the departments / offices such as Police, Health, District Administration, Treasury, Local Bodies etc., shall continue to function as per the orders issued in G.O. (Ms) No.172, Revenue & Disaster Management Department, dated 25.03.2020.

4. Necessary bus transport arrangements will be made. The above orders shall be followed scrupulously, until further orders.

(By order of the Governor)

K.SHANMUGAM
CHIEF SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT

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AIRF writes to FM : Freezing of Dearness Allowance and Dearness Relief

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Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman,
Hon’ble Finance Minister,
Ministry of Finance,
(Government of India),
North Block
New Delhi

Respected Madam,

Sub: Freezing of Dearness Allowance and Dearness Relief – Reg.

Ref.: MoF(Deptt. of Exp.), Government of India’s O.M. No.1/1/2020–E-II(B) dated 23.04.2020

Kindly refer to our earlier communication dated April 27, 2020 on the above subject matter.

As already explained, the COVID-19 Pandemic has created an unprecedented for situation, not only in our country, but also across the globe. The Central Government Employees, including Railwaymen, are, however, exerting a lot to combat the situation, and the Railwaymen are working hard 24X7 with full devotion and dedication to maintain uninterrupted supply chain of all the essential commodities and goods, viz. Foodgrains, Sugar, Petroleum, Vegetables, Milk, Medical Items etc. throughout the country, by running large-number of timetabled Goods and Parcel Trains.

You may appreciate that, Hon’ble Prime Minister of India as well as Hon’ble Minister for Railways have repeatedly applauded and praised the contribution of the Railwaymen in this COVID-19 crisis, facing the risk of Coronavirus threat.

While addressing the Nation on 12th May, 2020, Hon’ble Prime Minister has announced a Mega Package for all the sections of the society to combat the COVID-19 Pandemic Crisis to boost the economy as well as morale of the country.

Since Railwaymen are performing their duties to transport aforementioned goods as well as Migrant Workers and have further started operating “Special Trains” for common rail users w.e.f. 12.04.2020, they can in no way be treated less than “COVID-19 Warriors”. As already submitted vide our letter dated 27.04.2020, freezing of Dearness Allowance and Dearness Relief, has proved to be extremely de-motivational rather than boosting their morale by sanctioning some Additional Incentive to them.

I would, therefore, request your goodself that, in the wake of Hon’ble Prime Minister’s announcement of Mega Package of Rupees Twenty Lakh Crore, the orders of freezing Dearness Allowance and Dearness Relief be withdrawn to boost the morale of the Railway Employees and other Central Government Employees who are fighting day-and-night against the COVID-19 Pandemic.

An early action in the matter shall be highly appreciated.

Yours faithfully

(Shiva Gopal Mishra)
General Secretary

Source : airfindia.org

Concerned Branch to deal with issues of Notional Increment on the day of superannuation

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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS
(RAILWAY BOARD)

Office Order No. 35 of 2020

(Amendment No. 37 to July
2013 edition of the subject list)

Sub : Concerned Branch to deal with issues of Notional Increment on the day of superannuation.

The issue as to which Directorate will deal with the subject relating to grant of Notional Increment on the day of Superannuation, when the same was due on next day, exclusively for the purpose of fixation of pension was under consideration because of differences between concerned branch regarding processing of such cases

2. It has now have been decided with the approval of the competent authority that all such case for grant of notional increment on the day of retirement which is at variance with 6th/7th CPC and existing provision for grant of increment under RSRP Rule be examined and handled by Pay Commission Directorate (PC-VI/PC-VII as the case may be). Post grant of notional increment the issue of Pension would be handled by F(E)-III unit. In case of any issue not related to 6th/7th CPC warranting grant of notional increment under FR rules would also be handled/coordinated by F(E) Directorate.

2. Henceforth all court cases/RTI reference/Railway reference/representation etc., would accordingly be handled by PC and F(E) Directorate respectively.

3, Accordingly, the subject list of F(E)-III and PC-VI/ PC-VII stands amended.

E No. 2020/0&M/26/2
Dated:-11.05.2020

(B. Majumdar)
Joint Secretary/Railway Board

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TN Govt Employees Retirement Age from 58 to 59 Years Latest News : Important Clarification

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Personnel and Administrative
Reforms (S) Department
Secretariat, Chennai — 600 009.

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Letter No.11308/S/2020-1, Dated 14.05.2020

From

Thiru. K. Shanmugam, I.A.S., Chief Secretary to Government.

To
All Secretaries to Government, Chennai – 600009.
All Department of Secretariat, Chennai – 600009.
All Heads of Departments.
All District Collectors.
All District Judges / District Magistrates.
The Finance (BPE) Department, Chennai – 600009.
The Secretary, Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission, Chennai – 3. The Registrar General, High Court of Madras, Chennai – 600104.
The Registrar, Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, Madurai – 23. The Accountant General, Chennai – 600018.
The Commissioner of Treasuries and Accounts, Chennai – 600035.

Sir,

Sub: Public Services — Age of Superannuation of Government Servants, Teachers, etc. — Orders —Issued — Clarifications sought for — Regarding.

Ref: G.O. (Ms.) No. 51, Personnel and Administrative Reforms (S) Department, dated 07.05.2020.

In the Government order cited, the Government have issued orders increasing the age of superannuation of Government servants from 58 years to 59 years. Consequent to the issuance of the above Government order, certain points have been raised for clarification. The Government have examined the same and the following clarifications are issued:

Sl.No Clarification sought Reply
1 Whetheer the orders issued in
G.O.(Ms.) No.51, Personnel and
Administrative Reforms (S) Department, dated 07.05.2020 are applicable to the Government servants who have attained the age of fifty eight years on or before the first day of May, 2020 and re¬employed.		 The orders issued in the said Government Order shall not apply to those Government servants who have attained the age of fifty eight years on or before the first day of May, 2020 and re-employed.
2 Whether the teaching staffs such as Teachers, Lecturers, Professors etc., who retired at the age of 58 years and are re-employed till the completion of the academic year, 2019-2020 are eligible for the retirement age ordered in G.O. (Ms) No. 51, Personnel and Administrative Reforms (S) Department, dated 07.05.2020 The said Government Order is not applicable to those teaching staffs such as Teachers, Lecturers, Professors etc., who have already retired prior to May 2020 but re-employed for the remaining academic year.
3 Whether the retirement age of 60 years need to be increased to 61 to the Government servants whose age of retirement is 60 at present The orders issued in G.O. (Ms) No.51, Personnel and Administrative Reforms (S) Department, dated 07.05.2020 shall not be applicable to them. They shall retire at the age of 60 years
4 Whether the said Government order is applicable to the Government servants whose services are retained under rule 56(i) (c) of Fundamental Rules and not allowed to retire on or before 30.04.2020 due to disciplinary proceedings pending against them The said Government order is not applicable to the Government servants whose services are retained under rule 56(i) (c) of Fundamental Rules and not allowed to retire on or before 30.04.2020 due to disciplinary proceedings pending against them.
5 Whether the orders issued in G.O. (Ms) No. 51, Personnel and Administrative Reforms (S) Department, dated 07.05.2020 is applicable from the date of issue of orders or it takes retrospective effect. As ordered in the said Government Order, it is clarified that it is applicable to all those who are in regular service as on 07.05.2020 and due to retire on superannuation from 31.05.2020.

Yours faithfully
for Chief Secretary to Government

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Also Read : TN Government Employees Retirement Age increased to 59 Years

Grant of 3rd Financial Upgradation under MACP Scheme in GP 6600/-

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Court Matter
By FAX/Speed post

F. No. A-2301 1/25/2015-Ad.HA
Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Revenue
Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs

New Delhi, 13th May, 2020.

To,

All Pr. Chief Commissioner/Pr. Director General under CBIC
All Chief Commissioner/Director General under CBIC
All Pr. Commissioner/Commissioner under CBIC

Subject : Filing Transfer Petitions before the Hon’ble CAT, PB, New Delhi for transferring all cases to the Hon’ble CAT, PB, New Delhi pending before the different Tribunal filed by Superintendents/Assistant Commissioner for grant of 3rd MACP in the grade pay of Rs.6600/-(pre-revised) -reg.

Sir,

I am directed to say that the Board have been receiving a number of cases filed in the different Benches of the Hon’ble Tribunal on the issue of grant of 3 financial upgradation under MACP Scheme to Superintendents, who were granted Non-Functional Grade Pay in GP of Rs. 5400/- in PB-2.

2. Briefly, a number of Superintendents were wrongly granted 3rd financial upgradation under MACP Scheme in the grade pay of Rs. 6600/- by many Commissionerates without counting NFG granted to them as one financial upgradation under MACP Scheme despite CBIC/DOPT’s earlier clarifications in the matter. This was an administrative error by field offices and the up-gradation wrongly granted needed to be withdrawn. Consequent upon the direction of the Hon’ble High Court of Madras vide Order dated 08.12.2014 in Writ Petition No. 19024 of 2014(Sh. R. Chandrasekaran Vs. UOI & Ors), the matter of counting of Non-Functional Grade Pay as one financial upgradation was again examined in the Board in consultation with DOPT and it was clarified vide Board’s letter F.No.A-2301 1/25/2015-Ad.IIA dated 20.06.2016 that Non-Functional Grade Pay of Rs. 5400/- granted to Superintendents needs to be counted as one financial upgradation for the purpose of MACP Scheme. After issuance of CBIC’s clarification dated F.No.A-23011/25/2015-Ad.IIA dated 20.06.2016, Commissionerates have been withdrawing grade pay of Rs. 6600/- erroneously granted to them. Aggrieved by this action, many Superintendents have filed cases in various Tribunals.

3. As the subject matter of litigation on each of above such cases are same and in order to have a uniform decision in the matter, the proposal for filing Transfer Petitions before the Hon’ble CAT, PB, New for transferring all such cases to the Hon’ble CAT, PB, New Delhi is under consideration of the Board. In order to file transfer Petitions, all field formations under CBIC are requested to furnish the latest status of such cases to the Board which pending throughout different Zones in following formats:

Sl. No. Bench of Tribunal OA No. Petitioners/ Respondents Relief sought
in OA		 Whether Reply filed Interim order if any Present status Concerned Commissionerate

4. The above requisite information in the prescribed format as indicated above may be forwarded to the Board latest by 31 May, 2020 positively.

5. This issues with the approval of Chairman, CBIC.

Yours faithfully,

(Gaurav Shukla)
Under Secretary to the Government of India

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Ad-hoc Bonus 2020 to the West Bengal Government Employees

By
igeadmin
-

Government of West Bengal
Finance (Audit) Department
‘NABANNA’, HOWRAH-711102

No. 1722–F(P2)

Dated, the 13th May, 2020

MEMORANDUM

Subject : Grant of Ad-hoc Bonus to the State Government Employees and some other categories of Employees for the year 2019-2020.

The undersigned is directed by order of the Governor to say that the Governor is pleased to decide that the State Government employees who are not covered by any of the productivity linked Bonus Scheme and whose revised emoluments did not exceed Rs.34250/- per month as on 31st March, 2020 will be entitled to ad-hoc bonus for the accounting year 2019-2020 at the rate of Rs. 4,200/- per head. The upper eligibility ceiling of Rs. 34250/- p.m. as on 31st March, 2020 will be applicable irrespective of whether the emoluments are drawn in the pre-revised or revised structure of pay or on fixed/consolidated contract pay.

2. The benefit will be admissible subject to the following terms and conditions:-

i) Ad-hoc Bonus admissible under this order will be worked out on the basis of emoluments as admissible on 31.03.2020. For the employees drawing pay and allowances in terms of the West Bengal Services (Revision of Pay and Allowance) Rules, 2019 the terms ‘revised emoluments’ in this order will mean the pay drawn in the applicable Level in the Pay Matrix in the revised pay structure and includes the non-practising allowance, if any, but will not include any other pay and other allowance such as house rent allowance, medical allowance, compensatory allowance, etc.

For those who are drawing pay and allowances in the un-revised pay structure under WBS (ROPA) Rules, 2009 the term ‘emoluments’ will mean and include basic pay (pay in the Pay Band plus Grade Pay), personal pay, special pay (additional remuneration), dearness allowance, deputation (duty) allowance, Steno allowance but will not include specialist pay and other allowances such as house rent allowance,, medical allowance, compensatory allowance, etc. For those who are drawing remuneration on contract basis, the term ‘revised emoluments’ will mean the consolidated contract pay drawn by them.

i ) The employees whose revised emoluments on 31.03.2020 exceeded Rs. 34250/- p.m. but during the year 2019-2020 their emoluments at least for six months were less than Rs. 34250/- p.m. i.e., the said emoluments exceeded the eligibility ceiling of Rs.34250/- p.m. on account of promotion, drawal of increment, implementation of C.A. Scheme, enhancement of dearness allowance and revision of pay etc. after remaining less than Rs.34250/- p.m. for at least six months, will be entitled to ad-hoc bonus of Rs. 4,200/- per head under this order.

iii) The employees who were in service on 31.03.2020 and rendered at least six months continuous service during the year 2019-2020 will be eligible for payment of ad-hoc bonus under this order.

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Pro-rata payment will be admissible in such cases to the eligible employees for periods of continuous service during the year ranging from six months to full year, the eligibility period being taken in terms of number of months of service (rounded off to the nearest number of months). A fraction of 15 days or more should be counted as one month.

iv) The amount of ad-hoc bonus on pro-rata payment as admissible under 2 (iii) above will have to be calculated according to the following formula:-

Emoluments as on 31st March, 2020 X Eligibility period in number of months

12

= The amount of ad-hoc bonus, subject to maximum amount of Rs. 4,200/– only.

v) The casual workers who have put in work at least for 120 days and the employees on consolidated pay in the year 2019-2020 will also be entitled to ad-hoc bonus under this order according to the following formula :-

Total amount of salary/wages earned during the year 2019-2020
12
= The amount of ad-hoc bonus, subject to maximum amount of Rs. 4,200/– only.

The salary /wages in these cases should have the same meaning as ‘revised emoluments’ as defined in Para 2(i) above.

3. The disbursement of Ad-hoc Bonus sanctioned hereinabove should be made in case of Muslim State Government employees before the Festival of Id-Ul-fitre and in case of other State Government employees (other than Muslim State Government employees) such disbursement should be made between 9th October, 2020 to 16th October, 2020.

In case of failure, the disbursement should be made as early as possible before the Festival of Id-Ul-Fitre/ Durga Puja.

4. The charge in respect of payment of ad-hoc bonus under this order will be debitable to the detailed head viz., “Ad-hoc Bonus” the opening of which was sanctioned under the ‘Salary’ head sub-ordinate to all Major, Minor and sub-heads in the Revenue Expenditure section of the State Budget in terms of Para 9 of this Department’s Order No-4611-F dt. 22.04.1988 and necessary fund for this purpose have been provided under the above detailed heads in the budget grant available for 2020-2021.

5. The Governor is further pleased to direct that the benefit of ad-hoc bonus sanctioned under this order will also be available to the different categories of employees who had been allowed the same in the last year in accordance with Finance Department’s Memo. No-2999-F(P2) dt. 28.05.2019 by issue of Government Orders by various Departments in this connection. As done in the last year, orders for grant of ad-hoc bonus in respect of the employees of Statutory Bodies/Local Bodies/State aided Non-Government Educational Institutions and such other categories of employees of various establishments, who were allowed ad-hoc bonus/ex-gratia at par with the State Government employees or at the rate not more than the rate as approved by the Government in the last year, should be issued by the Departments concerned without referring the file to finance Department, Group ‘P2’.

6. Clarifications issued in previous years in respect of various points raised in connection with admissibility and drawal of ad-hoc bonus would continue to apply.

Sd/–
Additional Chief Secretary to the
Government of West Bengal.

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Free Festival Advance 2020 to the West Bengal Government Employees

By
igeadmin
-

Government of West Bengal
Finance (Audit) Department
`NABANNA’, HOWRAH-711102

No. 1723-F(P2)

Dated, the 13th May, 2020

Subject : Grant of Interest Free Festival Advance to the State Government Employees for the year, 2020.

The undersigned is directed by order of the Governor to say that the Governor has been pleased to accord sanction of interest-free festival advance upto a maximum of Rs. 10,000/- only to State Government employees whose revised emoluments on 31st March, 2020 exceeded Rs. 34,250/- p.m. but did not exceed Rs.41,100/- p.m., if applied for the same.

The authorities competent to sanction the interest-free festival advance are those mentioned in Rule 320 of the West Bengal Financial Rules, Volume-I.

2. The undersigned is further directed to say that the benefit of interest-free festival advance may also be allowed to (a) the whole time piece rated workers, either permanent or temporary and (b) the employees belonging to work charged/contingent establishments. Such employees drawing revised emoluments exceeding Rs. 34,250/- p.m. but not exceeding Rs.41,100/- p.m. on 31.03.2020 may be allowed to draw the interest-free festival advance Rs. 10,000/— only, if they apply for the same.

3. In case of the employees falling under Para 2 above, the authority sanctioning the advance shall certify after being satisfied that the employee is likely to continue in service until the recovery in this respect is completed.

4. The advance will be recovered from the salary of the Government employee concerned in not more than 10 monthly instalments. If the amount of advance is exactly divisible by the number of instalments opted for the recovery, then it will be recovered in equal monthly instalments for that number of instalment months. If not, the figure obtained by so dividing should be rounded off to the nearest rupee which will be the recoverable amount for each of the monthly instalments excluding the last instalment and the balance amount will be recovered in the last monthly instalment. The recovery of the advance sanctioned under this order will begin either from the salary for the month of November, 2020 at the latest or from the salary for the month following the month in which the advance is drawn, as the case may be. However, recovery in all cases should be completed by 31st August, 2021 at the latest.

5. The State Government employees who will retire /part with the Government service on a date after the issue of this order but before 1st November, 2020 will not be allowed any festival advance. However, an employee who will retire after 15t November, 2020 will be eligible for interest-free festival advance sanctioned in this order subject to the condition that the recovery should be completed on or before the month of his superannuation.

6 (a) Persons who will enter into State Government service for the first time after 31st March, 2020 but before 1st October, 2020 will be entitled to the benefit of interest-free festival advance as sanctioned in this order subject to fulfilment of the terms and conditions laid down and their emoluments for the purpose of payment of advance will be determined on the basis of their emoluments at the time of entry into Government service.

(b) The benefit of interest-free festival advance sanctioned above will also be admissible to the State Government employees who have been appointed on regular or contract basis provided they are not eligible to draw ad-hoc bonus on pro-rata basis sanctioned for accounting year 2019-2020 and provided their regular or contract emoluments did not exceed Rs. 41,100/- p.m.

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7. The benefit of interest-free festival advance sanctioned hereinabove will also be admissible to the personal staff of Chief Minister, Ministers and Minister of State as well as to the personal staff attached to the Chief Government Whip, Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly on the same terms and conditions as laid down hereinabove provided they are not eligible to draw ad-hoc bonus for the accounting year 2019-2020.

8. The benefit of interest-free festival advance will also be admissible to the personal staff of the Leader of the Opposition of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly provided they are not sanctioned ad-hoc bonus for the accounting year 2019-2020.

9. The benefit of interest-free festival advance will also be admissible to the regular teaching and non-teaching staff of the educational institutions and regular employees of Panchayat & Local Bodies.

10. The Central Government employees on deputation to the State Government may be granted festival advance as may sanctioned by the Government of India for Central Government Employees subject to the terms and conditions as may be laid down by the Government of India in this regard.

11. For the purpose of this order, member of All India Services serving in connection with the affairs of the State will be regarded as State Government employees.

12. For the employees drawing pay in the revised pay structure, the term ’emoluments’ will mean basic pay drawn in the applicable Level in the Pay Matrix and non-practising allowance, if any.

13. The term ’emoluments’ in the case of employees drawing pay and allowances in the un-revised pay structure, will include basic pay (pay in the Pay Band plus Grade Pay), personal pay, special pay, specialist pay, dearness allowance, deputation (duty) allowance and special allowance (Additional remuneration).

In case of retired Government employees on re-employment, the term ’emoluments’ will mean remuneration drawn by them in terms of Finance Department Memo. No-6472-F(P2) dt. 02.12.2019 plus basic pension.

14. Application for interest-free festival advance on the strength of this order by all employees shall be made as early as possible.

DISBURSEMENT OF INTEREST-FREE FESTIVAL ADVANCE (WHEREVER APPLIED FOR) ON THE STRENGTH OF THIS ORDER SHOULD BE MADE IN CASE OF MUSLIM EMPLOYEES BEFORE THE FESTIVAL OF ID-UL-FITRE AND IN CASE OF PAYMENT TO OTHER EMPLOYEES (OTHER THAN MUSLIM EMPLOYEES) SHOULD BE MADE BETWEEN 9TH OCTOBER, 2020 TO 16TH OCTOBER, 2020.

In case of failure, such disbursement should be completed before 1st December, 2020 in case of all employees at the latest. The Drawing and Disbursing Officers in order to minimize the number of bills should, as far as possible, prepare one bill for advance in such cases in respect of the establishment/office for which they act as Drawing and Disbursing Officers.

15. The advance excluding the advance to the employees borne on work-charged establishment will be debited to the standard detailed head ‘Salaries-Pay’ under all major, minor and sub-heads in the budget grant available for the financial year 2020-2021 the recoveries thereof being automatically adjusted by monthly deduction of instalments of advance paid to an employee from his pay. No new detailed head is required to be opened for this purpose as per new classification in accounts. The advance to persons borne on work-charged establishments will be debited to the same head from which their wage is met.

Sd/-
Additional Chief Secretary to the
Government of West Bengal.

Signed Copy

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