7th CPC Abolition of Special Compensatory (Hill Area) Allowance
No. 4/1/2017-E.II(B)
Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Expenditure
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New Delhi, the 13th July, 2017
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject:- Abolition of Special Compensatory (Hill Area) Allowance – Recommendations of the Seventh Central Pay Commission.
Consequent upon the decision taken by the Government on the recommendations of the Seventh Central Pay Commission, the President is pleased to decide that, Special Compensatory (Hill Area) Allowance stands abolished with effect from 1st July, 2017. This allowance was admissible to Central Government employees vide this Ministry’s O.M. No. 4(2)/2008-E.II(B) dated 29th August, 2008.
2. These orders shall also apply to the civilian employees paid from the Defence Services Estimates. In respect of Armed Forces personnel and Railway employees, separate orders will be issued by the Ministry of Defence and Ministry.of Railways, respectively,
3. In so far as the employees working in the Indian Audit and Accounts Department are concerned, these orders are issued with the concurrence of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India.
4. Hindi version is attached,
(Nirmala Dev)
Deputy Secretary to the Government of India
No.19030/1/2017-E.IV
Govemment of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Expenditure
New Delhi, the 13th July 2017
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject : Travelling Allowance Rules – Implementation of the Seventh Central Pay Commission.
Consequent upon the decisions taken by the Government on the recommendations of the Seventh Central Pay Commission relating to Travelling Allowance entitlements to civilian employees of Central Government, President is pleased to decide the revision in the rates of Travelling Allowance as set out in the Annexure to this office Memorandum.
2. The Pay Level for determining the TA/DA entitlement is as indicated in Central Civil Service (Revised pay) Rules 2016.
3. The term ‘Pay in the Level’ for the purpose of these orders refer to Basic Pay drawn in appropriate Pay level in the Pay Matrix as defined in Rule 3(8) of Central Civil Services (Revised Pay) Rules, 2016 and does not include Non-Practising Allowance (NPA), Military Service pay (MSP) or any other type of pay like special pay, etc
4. However, if the Travelling Allowance entitlements in terms of the revised entitlements now prescribed result in a lowering of the existing entitlements in the case of any individual, groups or classes of employees, the entitlements, particularly in respect of mode of travel, class of accommodation, etc, shall not be lowered. They will instead continue to be governed by the earlier orders on the subject till such time as they become eligible, in the normal course, for the higher entitlement
5. The claims submitted in respect of journey made on or after 1st July, 2017, may be regulated in accordance with these orders. In respect of journeys performed prior to 1st July 2017, the claims may be regulated in accordance with the previous orders dated 23.09.2008.
6. It may be noted that no additional funds will be provided on account of revision in TA/DA entitlements. It may therefore be ensured that permission to official travel is given judiciously and restricted only to absolutely essential official requirements.
7. These orders shall take effect from 01st July, 2017
8. Separate orders will be issued by Ministry of Defence and Ministry of Railways in respect of Armed Forces personnel and Railway employees, respectively.
9. In so far as the persons serving in the Indian Audit & Accounts Department are concerned, these orders issue in consultation with the Comptroller & Auditor General of India
Hindi version is attached
(Nirmala Dev)
Deputy Secretary to the Government of India
ANNEXURE
Annexure to Ministry of Finance, Department of Expenditure O.M.No. 19030/1/2017-E.IV dated 10th July 2017.
In supersession of Department of Expenditure’s O.M.No.19030/3/2008-E.IV dated 23.09.2008, in respect of Travelling Allowance the following provisions will be applicable with effect from 01.07.2017:
2. Entitlements for Journeys on Tour or Training
A.(i) Travel Entitlements within the Country
Pay Level in Pay Matrix
Travel entitlement
14 and above
Business/Club class by air or AC-I by train
12 and 13
Economy class by air or AC-I by train
6 to 11
Economy class by air or AC-II by train
5 and below
First Class/AC-III/AC Chair car by train
(ii) It has also been decided to allow the Government officials to travel by Premium Trains/Premium Tatkal Trains/Suvidha Trains, the reimbursement to Premium Tatkal Charges for booking of tickets and the reimbursement of Dynamic/Flexi-fare in Shatabdi/Rajdhani/Duronto Trains while on official tour/training. Reimbursement of Tatkal Seva Charges which has fixed fare, will remain continue to be allowed. Travel entitlement for the journey in Premium / Premium Tatkal / Suvidha / Shatabdi / Rajdhani / Duronto Trains will be as under:-
Pay Level in Pay matrix
Travel Entitlements in Premium/Premium Tatkal/Suvidha/Shatabdi/Rajdhani/Duronto Trains
12 and above
Executive/AC 1st Class (In case of Premium/Premium
6 to 11
AC 2nd Class/Chair Car (In Shatabdi Trains)
5 & below
AC 3rd Class/Chair Car
(iii) The revised Travel entitlements are subject to following:-
(a) In case of places not connected by rail, travel by AC bus for all those entitled to travel by AC II Tier and above by train and by Deluxe/ordinary bus for others is allowed.
(b) In case of road travel between places connected by rail, travel by any means of public transport is allowed provided the total fare does not exceed the train fare by the entitled class.
(c) All mileage points earned by Government employees on tickets purchased for official travel shall be utilized by the concerned department for other official travel by their officers. Any usage of these mileage points for purposes of private travel by an officer will attract departmental action. This is to ensure that the benefits out of official travel, which is funded by the Government, should accrue to the Government.
(d) In case of non-availability of seats in entitled class, Govt.servants may travel in the class below their entitled class.
B. International Travel Entitlement:
Pay Level in Pay Matrix
Travel entitlement
17 and above
First class
14 to 16
Business/Club class
13 and below
Economy class
C. Entitlement for journeys by Sea or by River Steamer
(i) For places other than A&N Group of Islands and Lakshadweep Group of Island:-
Pay Level in Pay Matrix
Travel entitlement
9 and above
Highest class
6 to 8
Lower class if there be two classes only on the steamer
4 and 5
If two classes only, the lower class, if three classes, the middle or second class. If there be four classes, the third class
3 and below
Lowest class
(ii) For travel between the mainland and the A&N Group of Islands and Lakshadweep Group of Island by ships operated by the Shipping Corporation of India Limited:-
Pay Level in Pay Matrix
Travel entitlement
9 and above
Deluxe class
6 to 8
First/’A’ Cabin class
4 and 5
Second/’B’ Cabin class
3 and below
Bunk class
D. Mileage Allowance for Journeys by Road:
(i) At places where specific rates have been prescribed:-
Pay Level in Pay Matrix
Entitlements
14 or above
Actual fare by any type of public bus including AC bus
OR
At prescribed rates of AC taxi when the journey is actually performed by AC taxi
OR
At prescribed rates for auto rickshaw for journeys by auto rickshaw, own car, scooter, motor cycle, moped, etc.
6 to 13
Same as above with the exception that journeys by AC taxi will not be permissible.
4 and 5
Actual fare by any type of public bus other than AC bus
OR
At prescribed rates for auto rickshaw for journeys by auto rickshaw, own car, scooter, motor cycle, moped, etc.
3 and below
Actual fare by ordinary public bus only
OR
At prescribed rates for auto rickshaw for journeys by autorickshaw, own scooter, motor cycle, moped, etc
(ii) At places where no specific rates have been prescribed either by the Directorate of Transport of the concerned State or of the neighboring States :
For journeys performed in own car/taxi
Rs. 24/- per km
For journeys performed by auto rickshaw own scooter, etc
Rs. 12/- per km
At places where no specific rates have been prescribed, the rate per km will further rise by 25 percent whenever DA increases by 50 percent.
E (i). Daily Allowance on Tour
Pay level in pay matrix
Entitlement
14 and above
Reimbursement for hotel accommodation/guest house of up to Rs.7500/- per day,
Reimbursement of AC taxi charges as per actual expenditure commensurate with official engagements for travel within the city and
Reimbursement of food bills not exceeding Rs.1200/- per day.
12 and 13
Reimbursement for hotel accommodation/guest house of up to Rs.4,500/- per day,
Reimbursement of AC taxi charges of up to 50 km per day for travel within the city,
Reimbursement of food bills not exceeding Rs.1000/- per day.
9 to 11
Reimbursement for hotel accommodation/guest house of up to 2,250/- per day,
Reimbursement of non-AC taxi charges of up to Rs.338/- per day for travel within the city,
Reimbursement of food bills not exceeding Rs.900/- per day.
6 to 8
Reimbursement for hotel accommodation/guest house of up to Rs.750/- per day,
Reimbursement of non-AC taxi charges of up to Rs.225/- per day for travel within the city,
Reimbursement of food bills not exceeding Rs.800/- per day.
5 and below
Reimbursement for hotel accommodation/guest house of up to Rs.450/- per day,
Reimbursement of non AC taxi charges of up to Rs.113/- per day for travel within the city,
Reimbursement of food bills not exceeding Rs.500/- per day.
(ii) Reimbursement of Hotel charges:- For levels 8 and below, the amount of claim (up to the ceiling) may be paid without production of vouchers against self-certified claim only. The self-certified claim should clearly indicate the period of stay, name of dwelling, etc. additionally, for stay in Class ‘X’ cities, the ceiling for all employees up to Level 8 would be Rs.1,000 per day, but it will only be in the form of reimbursement upon production of relevant vouchers. The ceiling for reimbursement of hotel charges will further rise by 25 percent whenever DA increases by 50 persent.
(iii) Reimbursement of Travelling charges:– Similar to Reimbursement of staying accommodation charges, for level 8 and below, the claim (up to the ceiling) may be paid without production of vouchers against self-certified claim only. The self-certified claim should clearly indicate the period of travel, vehicle number, etc. the ceiling for levels 11 and below will further rise by 25 percent whenever DA increases by 50 percent. For journeys on foot, an allowance of Rs.12/- per kilometre travelled on foot shall be payable additionally. This rate will further increase by 25% whenever DA increases by 50%.
(iv) Reimbursement of Food charges:- There will be no separate reimbursement of food bills. Instead, the lump sum amount payable will be as per Table E(i) above and, depending on the length of absence from headquarters, would be regulated as per Table (v) below. Since the concept of reimbursement has been done away with, no vouchers will be required. This methodology is in line with that followed by Indian Railways at present (with suitable enhancement of rates). i.e. Lump sum amount payable. The lump sum amount will increase by 25 percent whenever DA increase by 50 percent.
(v) Timing restrictions
Length of absence
Amount Payable
If absence from headquarters is <6 hours
30% of Lump sum amount
If absence from headquarters is between 6-12 hours
70% of Lump sum amount
If absence from headquarters is >12 hours
100% of Lump sum amount
Absence from Head Quarter will be reckoned from midnight to midnight and will be calculated on a per day basis.
(vi) In case of stay/journey on Government ships, boats etc. or journey to remote places on foot/mules etc for scientific/data collection purposes in organization like FSI, Survey of India, GSI etc., daily allowance will be paid at rate equivalent to that provided for reimbursement of food bill. However, in this case, the amount will be sanctioned irrespective of the actual expenditure incurred on this account with the approval of the Head of Department/controlling officer.
Note: DA rates for foreign travel will be regulated as prescribed by Ministry of External Affairs.
3. T.A. on Transfer
TA on Transfer includes 4 components:- (i) Travel entitlement for self and family (ii) Composite Transfer and packing grant (CTG) (iii) Reimbursement of charges on transportation of personal effects (iv) Reimbursement of charges on transportation of conveyance.
(i) Travel Entitlements:
(a) Travel entitlements as prescribed for tour in Para 2 above, except for International Travel, will be applicable in case of journeys on transfer. The general conditions of admissibility prescribed in S.R.114 will, however, continue to be applicable.
(b) The provisions relating to small family norms as contained in para 4(A) of Annexure to M/o Finance O.M.F.No. 10/2/98-IC & F.No. 19030/2/97-EIV dt. 171, April 1998, shall continue to be applicable.
(ii) Composite Transfer and Packing Grant (CTG):
(a) The Composite Transfer Grant shall be paid at the rate of 80% of the last month’s basic pay in case of transfer involving a change of station located at a distance of or more than 20 kms from each other. However, for transfer to and from the Island territories of Andaman, Nicobar & Lakshadweep, CTG shall be paid at the rate of 100% of last month’s basic pay. Further, NPA and MSP shall not be included as part of basic pay while determining entitlement for CTG.
(b) In cases of transfer to stations which are at a distance of less than 20 kms from the old station and of transfer within the same city, one third of the composite transfer grant will be admissible, provided a change of residence is actually involved.
(c) In cases where the transfer of husband and wife takes place within six months, but after 60 days of the transfer of the spouse, fifty percent of the transfer grant on transfer shall be allowed to the spouse transferred later. No transfer grant shall be admissible to the spouse transferred later, in case both the transfers are ordered within 60 days. The existing provisions shall continue to be applicable in case of transfers after a period of six months or more. Other rules precluding transfer grant in case of transfer at own request or transfer other than in public interest, shall continue to apply unchanged in their case.
(iii) Transportation of Personal Effects:
Level
By Train/Steamer
By Road
12 and above
6000 kg by goods train/4 wheeler wagon/1 double container
Rs. 50/- per km
6 to 11
6000 kg by goods train/4 wheeler wagon/1 single container
Rs. 50/- per km
5
3000 kg
Rs. 25/- per km
4 and below
1500 kg
Rs. 15/- per km
The rates will further rise by 25 percent whenever DA increases by 50 percent. The rates for transporting the entitled weight by Steamer will be equal to the prevailing rates prescribed by such transport in ships operated by Shipping Corporation of India. The claim for reimbursement shall be admissible subject to the production of actual receipts/vouchers by the Govt servant. Production of receipts/vouchers is mandatory in r/o transfer cases of North Eastern Region, Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep also.
Transportation of personal effects by road is as per kilometre basis only. The classification of cities/towns for the purpose of transportation of personal effects is done away with.
(iv) Transportation of Conveyance.
Level
Reimbursement
6 and above
1 motor car etc. or 1 motor cycle/scooter
5 and below
1 motorcycle/scooter/moped/bicycle
The general conditions of admissibility of TA on Transfer as prescribed in S.R. 116 will, however, continue to be applicable.
4. T.A. Entitlement of Retiring Employees
TA on Retirement includes 4 components:- (i) Travel entitlement for self and family (ii) Composite Transfer and packing grant (CTG) (iii) Reimbursement of charges on transportation of personal effects (iv) Reimbursement of charges on transportation of conveyance.
(i) Travel Entitlements
Travel entitlements as prescribed for tour/transfer in Para 2 above, except for International Travel, will be applicable in case of journeys on retirement. The general conditions of admissibility prescribed in S.R. 147 will, however, continue to be applicable.
(ii) Composite Transfer Grant (CTG)
(a) The Composite Transfer Grant shall be paid at the rate of 80% of the last month’s basic pay in case of those employees, who on retirement, settled down at places other than last station(s) of their duty located at a distance of or more than 20 km. however, in case of settlement to and from the Island territories of Andaman, Nicobar & Lakshadweep, CTG shall be paid at the rate of 100% of last month’s basic pay. Further, NPA and MSP shall not be included as part of basic pay while determining entitlement for CTG. The transfer incidentals and road mileage for journeys between the residence and the railway station/bus stand, etc., at the old and new station, are already subsumed in the composite transfer grant and will not be separately admissible.
(b) As in the case of serving employees, Government servants who, on retirement, settle at the last station of duty itself or within a distance of less than 20 kms may be paid one third of the CTG subject to the condition that a change of residence is actually involved.
(iii) Transportaion of Personal Effects:- Same as Para 3(iii) above.
(iv) Transportation of Conveyance:- Same as Para 3(iv) above.
The general conditions of admissibility of TA on Retirement as prescribed in S.R. 147 will, however, continue to be applicable.
MACP for Central Government Employees : DOPT Clarification for Pay Fixation
No.35034/3/2008-Estt(D) (Vol. II)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
(Department of Personnel and Training)
New Delhi 110001
Dated the 04th July, 2017
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject :- Modified Assured Career Progression Scheme for the Central Government Employee – Clarification regarding
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The undersigned is directed to invite reference to the Para 4 of Annexure-I of the Modified Assured Career Progression Scheme issued vide the Department of Personnel and Training Office Memorandum No. 35034/3/2008-Estt.(D) dated May 19, 2009 providing that benefit of pay fixation available at the time of regular promotion shall also be allowed at the time of financial upgradation under the scheme. Therefore, the pay shall be raised by 3% of the total pay in the pay band and the grade pay drawn before such upgradation. There shall, however, be no further fixation of pay at the time of regular promotion if it is in the same grade pay as granted under MACPS. However, at the time of actual promotion if it happens to be in a post carrying higher grade pay than what is available under MACPS, no pay fixation would be available and only difference of grade pay would be made available
2. Reference have been received from various Ministries / Departments whether at the time of regular promotion / grant of Non-Functional Scale, the employee may be allowed to draw the difference in Grade Pay after availing regular increment in the Pay Band and Grade Pay w.e.f. date of promotion or date of next increment consequent to MACP.
3. The matter has been considered in this Department in consultation with the Department of Expenditure and it has been decided that the Para 4 of the Annexure-I of the MACP Scheme would be modified as under :
“benefit of pay fixation available at the time of regular promotion shall also be allowed at the time of financial upgradation under the Scheme. Therefore, the pay shall be raised by 3% of the total pay in the pay band and the grade pay drawn before such upgradation. There shall, however, be no further fixation of pay at the time of regular promotion / grant of Non functional scale, if it is in the same grade pay as granted under MACPS. However, at the time of actual promotion / grant of Non-Functional Scale, if it happens to be in a post carrying higher grade pay than what is available under MACPS, no pay fixation would be available and only difference of grade pay would be made available. At the time of such regular promotion/grant of Non-Functional Scale to the higher grade pay than what has been given under MACPS, the employee shall have the option to draw the difference of Grade Pays from the date of such regular promotion/grant of Non-Functional Scale or the date of accrual of next increment in the pay allowed under MACP”
4. This modification in the MACP scheme is being issued in consultation with the Department of Expenditure
Night Duty Allowance : MoD Clarification regarding Fixation of ceiling of pay for entitlement
Government of India
Ministry of Defence
(Department of Defence)
D(Civ.II)
Subject: Night Duty Allowance (NDA) — Clarification regarding Fixation of ceiling of pay for entitlement.
Ref. : CGDA UO No. AT/11/2366/NDANol-X dated 22.01.2016 and last reminder dated 13.12.2016
In compliance of Hon. CAT, Jodhpur Bench Order dated 5 Nov 2009, MoD issued letter dated 8th May 2015 to provide that the payment of Night Duty Allowance (NDA) shall be made on the basis of the current pay of the employees who are deployed for performing the duty during the night hours. Accordingly, Principal Controller of Accounts (PCA)(Fys), Kolkata issued letter dated 29.05.2015 to define the new formula for computation of NDA. This formula provides that the amount of NDA shall be computed by taking employee’s current Band Pay & Grade Pay plus DA divided by 195 (i.e. total working hours in a month). In this manner, the Hon’ble CAT order, as upheld by Hon’ble High Court/Supreme Court stands implemented in letter & spirit.
2. Subsequently, PCA (Fys) Kolkata issued letter dated,9 Sep 2015 to prescribe the pay ceiling corresponding to Rs. 2200 per month (specified in terms of DoPT OM dated 4 Oct 1989) to determine entitlement of staff for night duty. However, the corresponding pay so prescribed was not accepted by the OFB Administration. As per OFB’s calculations, the current pay corresponding to Rs.2200 is not only different, but there is wide disparity in both the figures. OFB has stated that they cannot accept this unilateral decision of PCA(Fys) because the calculations are incorrect. Besides, this has led to industrial unrest at all Ordnance Factories. The staff side members have expressed displeasure and have threatened to stop Night duty at all Ordnance Factories. OFB Admn apprehends serious loss of production and have requested MoD to examine the issue and intimate corresponding pay of Rs.2200 so that the employees could be detailed accordingly for performing duty at night hours. Likewise, CGDA has also sought clarification from MoD on the same issue.
3. The matter was examined in MoD in consultation with MoD(Fin) and DoPT. DoPT stated that the calculations made by both PCA (Fys) and OFB are incorrect and prescribed a different formula to compute the current pay corresponding to Rs.2200 per month that existed during 1989. Both PCA(Fys) and OFB have rejected this formula for being cumbersome and unworkable. This office also supports their views because using this formula entails tedious calculations of pay of each employee ever since their date of joining service, running into decades. In a nutshell, attempts to find out the current pay equivalent to Rs.2200 pm have not been fruitful in spite of consultations with DoPT and MoD(Fin), and the stalemate on the issue continues across all the defence establishments, leading to confusion and possible loss of productivity.
4. On further consideration, it has been observed that the DOPT OM No. 12012/4/86-Estt.(Allowances) dt. 04.10.1989 on the subject of NDA lays down following condition to determine the entitlement for NDA:
(Clause a) – The ceiling of pay for entitlement of NDA shall be Rs. 2200/- p.m.
(Clause b)- There will however be no ceiling for entitlement of NDA in respect of officials who are, at present, getting this benefit as per existing criteria.
5.Clause (a)
The pay ceiling of Rs. 2200 per month mentioned in the DoPT in their OM dated 4 Oct 1989, was prescribed more than 25 years ago. During the intervening period, two Pay Commissions have come into force which have altered the pay structure of the employees drastically. In spite of an altogether different landscape of the pay structure, the DoPT did not come up with any revised order to amend the provisions of their OM dated 4 Oct 1989 relevant to the current pay structure. In the absence of clear guidelines, the management of Defence Establishments resorted to adhoc measures to keep their organisations running during the night hours in the intervening period. Proposals sent by MoD to DoP&T at various stages in the light of various judicial pronouncements, were rejected, sometimes on the grounds that the DoPT orders are not applicable to industrial employees. In the current phase, the efforts being made by the defence authorities to adhere to the prescribed pay limit have proved to be frustrating because of the practical difficulties being faced by both Accounting Authorities and the Defence Estts who, due to tedious and lengthy calculations, have not been able to reach a consensus to determine the level of staff who can be deployed for performing the night duty. In the current scenario, where the pay ceiling of Rs.2200 prn. is obsolete and meaningless, and the DoPT have avoided prescribing a realistic ceiling that would be relevant to the current pay structure of the Government employees, it is left upon MoD to find a solution. Even though MoD proposes to take up the matter with DoPT again for prescribing a pay ceiling based on the current pay structure, it is however felt that the decision thereon shall have reflection over the future cases only and is not likely to resolve the current cases.
6. Clause (b)
The provision in the DoPT OM dated 4 Oct 1989 (highlighted above in para 4) permits entitlement of NDA without any ceiling in respect of officials “who were getting this benefit (at that time) as per existing criteria”. In view of the fact that the pay ceiling prescribed in clause (a) is of no relevance today, it has become necessary to resolve the imbroglio by resorting to the second provision given in this OM – named as clause (b). It has been decided that till such time the new pay parameters based on the current pay structure to determine the entitlement for NDA are prescribed by the nodal Ministry, OFB/Field Offices/Defence Establishments are allowed to determine the entitlement of their employees for the purpose of NDA in terms of this clause in the DoPT OM dated 04.10.1989 that provides that there shall be no ceiling for entitlement of NDA in respect of such officials who were getting this benefit at that point of time as per extant criteria. So as to give a formal and concrete shape to this, the OFB and other Defence Establishments are being advised to issue a one-time office order, specifying in definite terms, the designations/ categories/levels of non-gazetted employees (Industrial and Non Industrial) who were getting this benefit of NDA in accordance with extant instructions i.e. DoPT OM dated 4 Oct 1989, so as to ensure their seamless deployment at night shifts and payment of NDA based on current pay.
7. CGDA is, therefore, requested to issue necessary directions to their lower formations to deal with the cases of payment of NDA accordingly.
8. This issues with the approval of Additional Secretary.
S/d,
(Anil Kumar)
Deputy Secretary to the Govt of India
BPMS correspondence for Hospital Leave in case of injury on duty
REF: BPMS / OFB / Leave / 57 (7/3/L)
Dated: 10.07.2017
To,
The Director IR,
Ordnance Factory Board,
10 A, S K Bose Road,
Kolkata – 700001
Subject: Extension of Injury Leave beyond 28 months in factory accident case.
Reference: Minutes of 21st SCM of JCM-III Level Council (OFB) held on 30.03.2017
Respected Sir,
Having gone through the minutes circulated vide OFB letter No.20/14/21(11)/A/IR, Dated 15.05.2017, it is observed that Secretary, Staff Side Shri R Srinivasan has raised the issue that the employee who met with an accident while on duty is being granted hospital leave upto 120 days with full pay and thereafter he may be granted half pay leave upto 28 months. But after 28 months there is no benefit, no pay is allowed because there is no provision of half pay leave. Minutes further states that the matter has been taken up with MoD wide OFB letter No. 1240/Per/Policy/Accident, Dated 24.06.2016.
In this regard, it is submitted that Rule 46 of CCS (Leave) Rules, 1972 & Article 291 of Civil Service Regulations deals with the Hospital Leave.
As per Rule 46 of CCS (Leave Rules) the authority competent to grant leave may grant hospital leave to Class IV & Class III Government servants, while under medical treatment in a hospital or otherwise, for illness or injury not exceeding 28 months. Hospital Leave may be granted for 120 days equal to earned leave and the remaining period will be equal to half pay leave.
Min of Defence ID No. 11(13)(60)1511/D(Civ-II), Dated 10.02.1961 under Article 291 of CSR states that it has been decided in modification of the provisions of Article 291, Civil Service Regulations that hospital leave may be granted upto 03 months on full pay or six months on half pay in any period of three years to all class IV Government servants and also to those class III Government servants whose duties involve handling of dangerous machinery, explosive materials, poisonous drugs, etc. or the performance of hazardous tasks.
Further, it states that Industrial staff will also be entitled to hospital leave in the same manner as indicated above. Subsequently, vide MoD ID No. 11(13)60/5678/D (Civ-II), Dated 28.05.1962 it was clarified that all categories of staff other than Gazetted Officers in the Defence Establishments will be entitled to hospital leave.
Further, MoD issued Memo No. 11(6)67/5255/D(Civ-II), Dated 15.05.1967 which reads as under:-
“The Government has had under consideration for some time the question of removing the restrictions on the quantum of hospital leave to Government servants who suffer illness or injury directly due to risks incurred in the course of their official duties.
The President is now pleased to decide that the categories of the Defence civilians eligible for this kind of leave in terms of Defence Ministry?s Office Memorandum No. 11(13)/60/1511/D(Civ-II), Dated 10.02.1961 and 11(13)/60/5678/D(Civ-II) , dated 28.05.1962 will be entitled to hospital leave without any restriction on the quantum of leave. This kind of leave can be granted for such period as is considered necessary by the authority competent to grant it.
The decision takes effect from 31.03.1967.
Article 291 Civil Services Regulations will be amended in due course.”
From above, it may be deduced that all the employees (upto Non-Gazetted) of Ord Fys are entitled for hospital leave without any restriction on the quantum of leave if he met with accident while on duty.
Therefore, you are requested to issue necessary clarification to resolve the issue without further delay.
Grant of eligibility to the Defence civilian employees for the GPRA allotted by the Directorate of Estates
No.17(19)/2014/D(Civ-II)
Government of India
Ministry of Defence
(Department of Defence)
D (Civ-II) Section
B-Wing, Sena Bhavan, New Delhi
Dated: 07.July.2017
OFFICE MEMORANDUM
Subject: Grant of eligibility to the Defence civilian employees for the General Pool Residential Accommodation (GPRA) allotted by the Directorate of Estates -Representation from BPMS
The undersigned is to refer to Ministry of Urban Development’s OM No. 12033/4/67- Po1.11 dated 3rd, October, 1969 on the subject — ‘Eligibility of the staff of Central Government Office for allotment of residential accommodation from the General Pool-Criteria regarding’ and to say that a number of defence civilian employees working in many Defence establishments located in Delhi/New Delhi/Delhi Cantt are not able to avail the facility of GPRA for the reason that their offices have not been declared “eligible offices” for allotment of GPRA allotted by Directorate of Estates (DoE). The small quota of 15% of residential accommodation of the Defence/Army Pool is grossly inadequate and therefore it causes extreme hardship to the defence civilian employees who have to make their own arrangement for residential accommodation.
2.It has been noticed that Dte of Estates has already granted eligibility for GPRA to majority of defence establishments in Delhi. The defence civilian employees serving in these defence establishments are already availing the facilities of Residential Accommodation of Dte of Estates. Only a few defence establishments are not covered in the list of eligible offices maintained by the Dte of Estates and a list of 8 such defence establishments in Delhi is at Annexure.
3. In view of the hardship being experienced by the Civilian employees of these eight defence establishments, it is requested that eligibility code for allotment of General Pool Residential accommodation (GPRA) to the staff of these defence establishments/offices may please be allotted. It is certified that the essential requirements, listed below, for a Central Government offices to be treated as ‘eligible offices’ for the purpose of the allotment of Government Residences (General Pool in Delhi) Rules, 1963, are fulfilled by these offices/defence establishments:
(i) These offices/establishments have been situated in Delhi/New Delhi/Delhi Cantt since decades and in most of the cases before independence.
(ii) They are attached/subordinate offices of Ministry of Defence under Government of India.
(iii) The salary of their employees is paid from the Consolidated Fund of India
(iv) 15% quota of residential accommodation of the Defence/Army Pool is not adequate
4. This issues with the approval of Defence Secretary.
(Anil Kumar)
Deputy Secretary to the Govt. of India
Annexure to MoD OM No. 17(19)/2014/D(Civ-II) dated 7th July 2017
LIST OF 08 DEFENCE ESTABLISHMENTS/OFFICES IN DELHI / NEW DELHI / DELHI CANTT TO BE GRANTED ELIGIBILITY FOR ALLOTMENT OF GENERAL POOL RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATION (GPRA):
Sl.No
Name and address of the Office/Defence establishment
Eligibility
required in respect of
Total No. of defence
civilian employees in position
No. of houses already
available in Departmental
Pool of the concerned
Dte/Establishment for
allotment to its employees
1
Ordnance Depot, Shakurbasti, Rohtak
Road, Delhi
Defence Civilian
Employees only
1397
Nil
Station HQ provides 15% accommodation in their Central Pool for allotment to the defence civilian employees on the basis of seniority. However, in view of large number of defence civilians posted in Delhi/New Delhi/Delhi Cantt, this quota of 15% is highly inadequate to satisfy the requirement of the residential accommodation.
2
505 Army Base Workshop, Delhi Cantt under DG/EME
Defence Civilian
Employees only
1593
Nil
3
Military Farm-1, West Block-III, RK Puram.
Defence Civilian
Employees only
08
Nil
4
Provost Marshal-5, `B’ Wing, Sena Bhavan, New Delhi.
Defence Civilian
Employees only
22
02
5
Director General Medical Services (3B), Army HQ, L- Block, Church Road, New Delhi.
Defence Civilian
Employees only
497
08
6
HQ, Technical Group EME, Delhi Cantt. 110010.
Defence Civilian
Employees only
105
Nil
7
DG Armed Forces Medical Services (DG-2B), M Block, Church Road, New Delhi.
Subject: Implementation of 7th CPC Recommendation on Revision of Pension of Pre 01.01.2016 Pensioners/Family Pensioners
Attention is invited to this office OM No. CPAO/IT&Tech/Revision (7th CPC)/19 (Vol-lIl)/ 2016-17/ 37 dated 25th May, 2017 on the subject mentioned above and DP&PW OM 38/37/2016-P&PW (A) dated 12th May, 2017 and Department of Expenditure OM No. 1(13)/F.V/2017 dated 23rd May, 2017.
2.As per Para 18 of the DP&PW OM dated 12th May, 2017, pensions under 7th CPC are to be revised after fixing the notional pay of the pensioners under 7th CPC pay matrix. The Head of Office (H00) is responsible for the notional pay fixation and issue revised The revised authority will be issued under the existing PPO number and would travel to the Pension Disbursing Authority through the same channel through which the original PPO travelled.
3. As mandated under Department of Expenditure OM dated 23rd May, 2017, CPAO has provided the list/data of all the live pension cases available in CPAO alongwith details of last pay (wherever available) which are due for pension revision under 7th CPC to the Pay and Accounts Officers (PAOs) in their logins on 31.05.2017 under CPAO website cpao.nic.in for onward distribution to HOOs/DDOs within 3 days. It is observed that the list has still not been made available by some of the PAOs to the concerned HOOs/DDOs within 3 days as required and reiterated in the CPAO OM dated 25th May, 2017. This issue was also an agenda item in the meeting held under the chairmanship of Controller General of Accounts on 28th June, 2017 to review the progress of revision of pension under the 7th CPC. The slow progress in the revision of pension and non-adherence to timelines may lead to unnecessary delay and it is requested that the exercise of sharing the list with HOOs, wherever not done, may be completed immediately.
4. This list has also been provided under dashboards of respective Joint Secretaries (Admin.)/ Admin incharge of the Ministries/ Departments on CPAO website who may also distribute the list of pension cases to the HOOs falling in their administrative control. JS (Admin.)/ Admin incharge of the Ministries/ Departments may monitor the progress of pension revision at HOOs level. Similarly Pr. CCAs/CCAs/CAs/Administrators of UTs may also keep a watch on the progress of the revision of cases received from H 00s to PAOs.
5. To facilitate effective monitoring of progress of revision at each level i.e. JS (Admin)/Pr. [CAs/CCAs/CAs etc., relevant progress reports have been made available on CPAO website under dashboards of respective authorities. On the basis of these reports, periodical review meetings may be held at the Ministry/Deptt./Organization level.
6.In view of the above Pr. CCAs/CCAs/CAs/AGs/JS (Administration)/Admin incharge of the Ministries/ Departments/ Administrators of UTs are once again requested to take up the work of notional pay fixation followed by revision of pension cases on top priority and issue necessary instructions to the PA0s/1100s/DDOs for timely submission/processing of revised pension cases and monitor the progress in this regard.
This issues with the approval of the competent authority.
[TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, PART-II, SECTION 4]
EXTRAORDINARY
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE (Department of Defence)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi dated 06th July 2017
S.R 0…………….. In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to article 309 of the Constitution, the President hereby makes the following rules to amend the Air Force Officers Pay Rules 2017, namely: –
Short title and commencement. – (1) These rules may be called Air Force Officers Pay (Amendment) Rules, 2017.
(2) They shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st day of January, 2016.
In the Air Force Officers Pay Rules, 2017.-
in rule 3, in clause (g), the following Note shall be inserted, namely: -Note: “In any kind of calculation which attempts to work with the maximum pay of a particular level the last figure of the Level shall not be calculated and the end-points of the Level, representing the possible highest and lowest pay in that level, may not be treated as the maximum and minimum of any closed pay scale, as used to prevail prior to the implementation of the 6th CPC”;
in the Schedule, for Part ‘A’ the following Part shall be substituted namely:- “PART A”.
(File No. 1 (8)/2016-D (Pay/Services) Part-I
S/d,
(M. Subbarayan)
Joint Secretary to the Government of India.
[TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, PART-II, SECTION 4]
EXTRAORDINARY
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE (Department of Defence)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi dated : 6th July 2017
S R O……………………….In exercise of the powers conferred by the proviso to article 309 of the Constitution, the President hereby makes the following rules to amend the Army Officers Pay Rules 2017, namely: –
Short title and commencement. – (1) These rules may be called Army Officers Pay (Amendment) Rules, 2017.
(2) They shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st day of January, 2016:
In the Army Officers Pay Rules, 2017.-
in rule 3, in clause (g), the following Note shall be inserted, namely: -Note: “In any kind of calculation which attempts to work with the maximum pay of a particular level the last figure of the Level shall not be calculated and the end-points of the Level, representing the possible highest and lowest pay in that level, may not be treated as the maximum and minimum of any closed pay scale, as used to prevail prior to the implementation of the 6th CPC”;
in the Schedule, for Part ‘A’ the following Part shall be substituted namely:- “PART A”.
(File No. 1 (8)/2016-D (Pay/Services) Part-I
S/d,
(M. Subbarayan)
Joint Secretary to the Governrnent of India
[TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, PART-II, SECTION ]
EXTRAORDINARY
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE (Department of Defence)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi dated : 06th July 017
S.R 0…………………. In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 184 of the Navy Act, 1957 (62 of 1957), the Central Government hereby makes the following regulations to amend the Navy Officers Pay Regulations namely:-
Short title and commencement. – (1) These regulations may be called Navy Officers Pay (Amendment) Regulations, 2017.
(2) They shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st day of January, 2016.
In the Navy Officers Pay Regulations, 2017.-
in regulation 3, in clause (g), the following Note shall be inserted, namely: -Note: “In any kind of calculation which attempts to work with the maximum pay of a particular level the last figure of the Level shall not be calculated and the end-points of the Level, representing the possible highest and lowest pay in that level, may not be treated as the maximum and minimum of any closed pay scale, as used to prevail prior to the implementation of the 6th CPC”;
in the Schedule, for Part ‘A’ the following Part shall be substituted namely:- “PART A”.
(File No. 1 (8)/2016-D (Pay/Services) Part-I
S/d,
(M. Subbarayan)
Joint Secretary to the Government of India.
