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House Building Advance-enhancement in past cases-regarding


No.I-17011/11(4)/2008-H.III
Government of India
Ministry of Urban Development
(Housing -III section)
*****


Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi.
Dated:- the 27th Nov, 2008



OFFICE MEMORANDUM


Subject:     Interest bearing advances/Sixth Central Pay Commission recommendation on House Building Advance-enhancement in past cases-regarding.

       The undersigned is directed to say that the implementation of the recommendations of the Sixth Central Pay Commission relating to interest bearing advances, including House Building Advance, granted to Central Government employees is under consideration of the Government.

2.      Pending finalisation of the new arrangements, the matter has been examined in consultation with the Department of Expenditure and the following provisions for House Building Advance shall be in operation:

(i)       The maximum limit for grant of HBA shall be 34 months' of pay in the pay band subject to a maximum of Rs.7.50 lakh or cost of the house or the repaying capacity whichever is the least, for new construction/purchase of new house/flat.

(ii)       The maximum limit for grant of HBA for enlargement of existing house shall be 34 months' of pay in the pay band subject to a maximum of Rs. 1.80 lakh or cost of the enlargement or repaying capacity, whichever is the least.

(iii)       The cost ceiling limit shall be 134 times the pay in the pay band subject to a minimum of Rs.7.50 lakh and a maximum of Rs.30.00 lakh relaxable up to a maximum of 25% of the revised maximum cost ceiling of Rs.30.00 lakh.

4.       All Ministries/Departments of Government of India are requested to bring the contents of this O.M. to the notice of all concerned.

5.       These orders shall be effective from the date of their issue.


s/d
(V.K. Gupta)
Deputy Financial Adviser

Interest bearing advances/Sixth Central Pay Commission recommendation on House Building Advance-enhancement in past cases-regarding


No.I-17011/2(1)/2009-H.III
Government of India
Ministry of Urban Development
(Housing -III section)
*****


Nirman Bhawan, New Delhi.
Dated:- the 14th July, 2010



OFFICE MEMORANDUM


Subject:     Interest bearing advances/Sixth Central Pay Commission recommendation on House Building Advance-enhancement in past cases-regarding.

       The undersigned is directed to invite attention to this Ministry's O.M. No.I-17011/2(1)/2009-H.III dated 27th November, 2008 on the above subject and to say that it has been decided in consultations with Ministry of Finance to make the afore-said orders applicable with effect from 1st January, 2006. Accordingly, an enhancement of House Building Advance, if applied for, may be granted for an amount equivalent to the difference between the previously sanctioned amount and the new amount determined on the basis of pay in the pay band, in past cases, where HBA was sanctioned on or after 1-1-2006 but before 27-11-2008 subject to complying following conditions:-

(a)       The Government servant should not have drawn the entire amount of HBA sanctioned under earlier orders and /or where construction is not completed/full cost towards acquisition of house/flat is yet to be paid.

(b)       There will be no deviation from the approved plan of construction on the basis of which the original sanction of House Building Advacne was accorded. The revised cost of the original plan can, however, be considered for determining the additional amount, subject to the prescribed maximum limits.

(c)       Supplementary Mortgage Deed, Personal Bond and Sureties will be drawn and executed at the expense of the loanee.

(d)       The actual entitlement will be restricted to the repaying capacity computed on the basis of the formula laid down in this Ministry's O.M. No.I-17015/16/92-H.III. dated 17.10.2000. It should be ensured that the entire amount of advance with interest is recovered before retirement of the Government servant.

(e)      Rate of Interest: The rate of interest chargeable in such cases would be as per the slab applicable to the total sanctioned amount i.e. amount already sanctioned on or after 1-1-2006 but before 27.11.2008 plus the enhanced sanction. However, the new rate of interest would be chargeable only on collective amount that would remain outstanding on grant of enhancement so granted. Thus, the amount of HBA that has already been re-paid on old rates will not attract the fresh interest charges.

2.      However, the existing limit of maximum admissible amount of Rs.7.50 lakh for the purpose of construction/purchase of new house/flat and Rs.1.80 lakh would remain unchanged. In other words, the sum total of previously sanctioned HBA and the enhancement granted under these orders cannot exceed the aforesaid limits. In any case, not more than one enhancement is admissible to a Govt. employee.

3.       The applications for enhanced HBA should be submitted within six months from the date of issue of this order.

4.      Ministries/Departments whose branch offices are situated in the far flung areas like in case of Ministry of Defence, etc., are advised to give wider publicity to these orders through modern communication mean like facimile e-mail, web-sites etc. so that there is no occassion for any representation for extending the time limits of six months on the grounds of receiving these orders late.


s/d
(V.K. Gupta)
Deputy Financial Adviser

Eligibility of officers to be considered for promotion by DPC - - Fixing of crucial date of - clarification regarding


No.22011/3/98-Estt(D)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, P.G. and Pensions
(Department of Personnel & Training)


New Delhi-11001
August 14, 2003



OFFICE MEMORANDUM


Subject:     Eligibility of officers to be considered for promotion by DPC - - Fixing of crucial date of - clarification regarding.

      The undersigned is directed to invite attention to this Department's Office Memorandum of even number dated September 17, 1998 on the above-mentioned subject (copy enclosed) and to say that as stated therein, crucial date for determining eligibility of officers for promotion in the case of financial year based vacancy year would fall on 1st January imm

2.       The matter has been examined in consultation with Ministry of Finance. The Department of Expenditure vide UO No. 10/1/2009-IC dated 14.12.2009 (copy enclosed) had issued a clarification regarding manner in which pay of Assistants/PAs would be fixed consequent upon grant of revised pay structure of Grade Pay of Rs. 4600 in the pay band PB-2 to them on the basis of OM dated 16.11.2009.

3.       In this context, it is clarified that benefit of stepping up of pay as per Note 10 under Rule 7 of CCS(RP) Rules 2008 would be admissible to senior Assistants/PAs of CSS/CSSS promoted prior to 01.01.2006 and drawing less pay than Assistants/PAs of CSS/CSSS promoted after 01.01.2006.

4. All Ministries/Departments may regulate stepping up cases of Assistants/PAs of CSS/CSSS accordingly.


s/d
(K.Suresh Kumar)
Under Secretary to the Government of India


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EXTRACTS FROM THE GPF (CS) RULES, 1960



EXTRACTS FROM THE GPF (CS) RULES, 1960


Rule – 12: Advances from the fund




    (1)     The appropriate sanctioning authority may sanction the payment to any subscriber of an advance consisting of a sum of whole rupees and not exceeding in amount three months’ pay or half the amount standing to his credit in the Fund,
whichever is less, for one or more of the following purposes.



(a)     to pay expenses in connection with the illness, confinement or a disability, including where necessary, the traveling expenses of the subscriber and members of his family or any person actually dependent on him;



(b)     to meet cost of higher education, including where necessary the traveling expenses of the subscriber and members of his family or any person actually dependent on him in the following cases, namely :-



    (ii)     for education outside India for academic, technical, professional or vocational course beyond the High School
stage; and



    (ii)     for any medical, engineering or other technical or specialized course in India beyond the High School stage, provided that the course of study is for not less than three years.



(c)     to pay obligatory expenses on a scale appropriate to the subscriber’s status which by customary usage the subscriber
has to incur in connection with betrothal or marriages, funerals or other ceremonies;



(d)     to meet the cost of legal proceedings instituted by or against the subscriber, any member of his family or any person actually dependent upon him, the advance in this case being available in addition to any advance admissible for the same purpose from any other Government source.



(e)     to meet the cost of the subscriber’s defence where he engages a legal practitioner to defend himself in an enquiry in respect of any alleged official misconduct on his part.



(f)     to purchase consumer durables such as TV, VCR/VCP, washing machines, cooking range, geysers and computers.



    (1-A)     The president may, in special circumstances, sanction the payment to any subscriber of an advance if he is satisfied that the subscriber concerned requires the advance for reasons other than those mentioned in sub-rule (1).



    (2)     An advance shall not, except for special reasons to be recorded in writing, be granted to any subscriber in excess of the limit laid down in sub-rule (1) or until repayment of the last installment of any previous advance.



    (3)     When an advance is sanctioned under sub-rule (2) before repayment of last installment of any previous advance is completed, the balance of any previous advance not recovered shall be added to the advance so sanctioned and the
installments for recovery shall be fixed with reference to the consolidated amount.




Rule – 15:     Withdrawals from the Fund



    (1)     Subject to the conditions specified therein, withdrawals may be sanctioned by the authorities competent to sanction an advance for special reasons under sub-rule (2) of Rule 12, at any time –



    (A)     after the completion of (fifteen) years of service (including broken periods of service, if any) of a subscriber or within then years before the date of his retirement on superannuation, whichever is earlier, from the amount standing to his credit in the Fund, for one or more of the following purposes, namely :-



(a)     meeting the cost of higher education, including where necessary, the traveling expenses of the subscriber or any child of the subscriber in the following cases, namely :-
    (i)     for education outside India for academic, technical, professional or vocational course beyond the High School stage; and



    (ii)     for any medical, engineering or other technical or specialized course in India beyond the High School stage;



(b)     meeting the expenditure in connection with the betrothal/marriage of the subscriber or his sons or his daughters, and any other female relation actually dependent on him;



(c)     meeting the expenses in connection with the illness, including where necessary, the traveling expenses of the subscriber and members of his family or any person actually dependent on him ;



(d)     meeting the cost of consumer durables such as TV, VCR/VCP, washing machines, cooking range, geysers and computers.

    (B)     during the service of a subscriber, from the amount standing to his credit in the Fund for one or more of the following purposes, namely :-



(a)     building or acquiring a suitable house or ready-built flat for his residence including the cost of the site, or any payment
towards allotment of a plot or flat by the Delhi Development Authority, State Housing Board or a House Building
Society;



(b)     repaying an outstanding amount on account of loan expressly taken for building or acquiring a suitable house or readybuilt flat for his residence;



(c)     purchasing a house-site for building a house thereon for his residence or repaying any outstanding amount on account of loan expressly taken for this purpose;



(d)     reconstructing or making additions or alterations to a house or a flat already owned or acquired by a subscriber;



(e)     renovating, additions or alterations or upkeep of the ancestral house or a house built with the assistance or loan from
Government;



(f)     constructing a house on a site purchased under Clause (c);



    (C)     within twelve months before the date of subscriber’s retirement on superannuation from the amount standing to the credit in the Fund, without linking to any purpose.




Rule – 16:     Conditions for withdrawal



    (1)     Any sum withdrawn by a subscriber at any one time for one or more of the purposes specified in Rule 15 from the amount standing to his credit in the Fund shall not ordinarily exceed one-half of such amount or six months’ pay, whichever is
less. The sanctioning authority may, however, sanction the withdrawal of an amount in excess of this limit up to ¾ of the balance at his credit in the Fund having due regard to (i) the object for which the withdrawal is being made, (ii) the status the subscriber, and (iii) the amount to his credit in the Fund [in case of withdrawal under Clause(A) and up to 90% of balance at credit in cases of withdrawals under clause (B) of sub-rule (1) of Rule 15.



    (2)     A subscriber who has been permitted to withdraw money from the Fund under Rule 15 shall satisfy the sanctioning authority within a reasonable period as may be specified by the authority that the money has been utilized for the purpose for which it was withdrawn, and if he fails to do so, the whole of the sum so withdrawn or so much thereof as has not been applied for the purpose for which it was withdrawn shall forthwith be repaid in one lump sum by the subscriber to the Fund and in default of such payment, it shall be ordered by the sanctioning authority to be recovered from his emoluments either in lump sum or in such number of monthly installments, as may be determined by the President.





CIRCULAR ON RULES AND PROCEDURES FOR PROCESSING OF ADVANCE/WITHDRAWAL/REFUND




No. NITR/BOT/Circular/07/M/295




Dt: 21-08-2007





Sub:- Rules and Procedures for Processing of Advance/Withdrawal/Refund-reg.




        For some time, our Institute has been recommending undue requests of GPF/CPF subscribers for advances / withdrawals in violation of Govt. guidelines. This is attracting criticism of Audit and exposing BOT officials to disciplinary action. Depleted PF balances are also reducing protection of our employees after retirement.



        In view of the above it is decided that the following rules and procedures will be strictly followed while processing cases of advance, withdrawal or refund w.e.f. the date of issue.



I.     Eligibility:
        A subscriber can apply for temporary advance at any time after commencement of subscription and for withdrawals after completion of 15 years of service or within 10 years before the date of retirement on superannuation, which ever is earlier, for purposes mentioned in Rule 15(1)(A) and any time after commencement of subscription for purposes mentioned in Rule 15(1)(B), except during last 3 months of service.



II.     Purpose:
        Applications for advance/withdrawal for any purpose other than those contained in Rule 12(1)/15(1) will not be entertained
/ processed. However, withdrawal(s) during last 12 months of service may be sanctioned without linking to any purpose.



III.      Quantum:
        Advances from the fund will be sanctioned for an amount not exceeding 3 months pay or half the amount standing to the credit of the applicant subscriber whichever is less. Similarly, withdrawals from the fund will be sanctioned for an amount not exceeding 6 months pay or half the amount standing to the credit of the applicant subscriber whichever is less.



IV.     Subsequent Advance/Withdrawal:
        Subsequent advance will be sanctioned only after 30 days of recovery of the last installment and/or full refund of outstanding balance of the previous advance(s), if any. Application for subsequent withdrawal for any purpose for which a withdrawal has been sanctioned to the subscriber in any earlier occasion will be processed according to GoI, Dept. of Pen & PW, Notification No. 45/44/97-P & PW (F), dated 18.11.1998.



V.      Time Gap:
        At least 6 months time gap will be maintained between any two advances and/or withdrawals.



VI.      Disbursement
        Disbursement of sanctioned amount of advances and withdrawals will be made twice (on 10th & 25th) every month for general cases and once (on 10th) every month for special cases. Where 10th and 25th happens to be a Saturday/Sunday/Holiday disbursement will be made in the

next working day.



VII.     Processing Period

        Applications for advance/withdrawals must be submitted at least 3 working days before the designated dates for disbursement



VIII.      Exceptional Cases



    (a)      Advances in excess of the limit laid down in Rule12(1) or until repayment of the last installment of any previous advance,withdrawals in excess of the limit (up to 75% of the accumulations) in excess of the limit laid down in Rule 15 (1), and applications for subsequent advance and/or withdrawal within 6 months will not be considered/sanctioned, except for any special reasons, to be intimated by the applicant subscriber and to be approved by the Director, in writing.



    (b)      Similarly, applications for advance/withdrawal in less than 3 working days and/or requesting disbursement in any date
other than 10thand 25th will not be considered, except for any emergency case(s) to be intimated by the applicant subscriber and agreed by the Chairman, BOT in writing.



IX.      Refund
        Refund of withdrawals and partial refund of advances will not be entertained under any circumstances. Refund of whole outstanding advance will be accepted only within the first week of every month and subject to the condition that the subscriber will not apply for another advance within the next 30 days.



X.     Application
        All applications for advance / withdrawal are to be in the new prescribed format available with the BOT section (sample copy enclosed).



XI.      General
        Rules referred in this circular are of General Provident Fund (Central Services) Rules, 1960. Any other cases not covered in this circular will be as per General Provident Fund (Central Services) Rules, 1960 or Contributory Provident Fund (India) Rules, 1962 or Provident Fund Act, 1925 as the case may be. This circular supersedes all circulars issued in this regard till date. This issues with the approval of the competent authority.




Sd/-

Secretary, BOT




CC to :
1. All HODs/HOOs for wide circulation among staff members.

2. Chairman, BOT for information

3. Secretary to Director for kind information of Director.


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Devarajan's long wait for promotion

Devarajan's long wait for promotion

Kamesh Srinivasan
NEW DELHI: Indian boxing may have hit a high with medals in the Olympics and World Championships, not to forget two gold medals in the Asian Games, but the performance of one of the early achievers, V. Devarajan, who won Indian boxing's first bronze medal abroad in a World Cup in 1994, is yet to be recognised by his employer, the Railways.

Fighting for his right with the Railway Board for the last seven years, Arjuna awardee Devarajan had got a favourable verdict from the Central Administrative Tribunal recently, and hopes for a promotion to Assistant Sports Officer in the near future.

The 37-year-old Devarajan, a graduate, who had joined Railways in 1991, had been adjudged the ‘sportsperson of the year' by the Railways in 1995. He had won the national championship gold medal five times. He had also been adjudged the ‘best boxer' twice in inter-Railway championships.

However, his attempt to get promotion to the officer level from the clerical cadre had been constantly met with resistance from the Railway Board on some ground or the other, though he has been able to prove that sportspersons with much lesser credentials than he had got promotion. In fact, Devarajan had got a favourable order from the tribunal as far back as 2007, and subsequent appeal by the Railways in the High Court of Madras had been dismissed in 2008.

Having represented the country in the Asian Games, Olympics, World Championship, World Cup, Commonwealth Games and SAF Games, Devarajan had reached a career high World rank of No. 3. He had argued that boxers like Jitender Kumar and Akhil Kumar who had won World Cup bronze medals much recently had been given ‘out of turn' promotion by the Railways.

Devarajan was the second boxer after Zoram Thanga to win a medal in a World Cup. He won the Mayor's Cup in Manila in 1993, and the SAF Games gold in Chennai in 1995.

He had been drafted into the selection committee of the national federation and had also been part of the panel to select the Arjuna awardees. “The contention of the respondents that the applicant was not considered for promotion as he did not have due seniority is not correct,” observed the tribunal.

In its final verdict, the tribunal has recommended that appropriate orders be passed, promoting the applicant to the post of Assistant Sports Officer with all consequential benefits, and has also stipulated a time frame of three months for the execution of the order.

At a time when the Railways Minister Mamata Banerjee has been showering rewards, to the tune of a few crore rupees, on the sportspersons for their achievements in the Commonwealth Games and Asian Games, it is strange that a boxer of considerable merit, has had to fight the system for so long for a promotion.

Though justice has been delayed, Devarajan hopes it would not be denied, any further.

Source: The Hindu

Stepping up of pay of senior Assistants/ PAs of CSS/CSSS promoted prior to 01.01.2006 & Drawing less pay than assistants/PAs of CSS/CSSS promoted after 01.01.2006



No.7/7/08-CS.I (A)
Government of India
Ministry of Personnel, P.G. and Pensions
Department of Personnel & Training


2nd Floor, Lok Nayak Bhavan,
Khan Market, New Delhi-11003
Dated: 22nd December, 2010



OFFICE MEMORANDUM


Subject:    Stepping up of pay of senior Assistants/ PAs of CSS/CSSS promoted prior to 01.01.2006 & Drawing less pay than assistants/PAs of CSS/CSSS promoted after 01.01.2006.

      A large number of references were received from various Ministries/Departments and service Associations regarding stepping up of pay of senior Assistants/PAs Central Secretariat Service (CSS)/Central Secretariat Stenographers' Service (CSSS) promoted prior to 01.01.2006 and drawing less pay than Assistants/PAs of CSS/CSSS promoted after 01.01.2006.

2.       The matter has been examined in consultation with Ministry of Finance. The Department of Expenditure vide UO No. 10/1/2009-IC dated 14.12.2009 (copy enclosed) had issued a clarification regarding manner in which pay of Assistants/PAs would be fixed consequent upon grant of revised pay structure of Grade Pay of Rs. 4600 in the pay band PB-2 to them on the basis of OM dated 16.11.2009.

3.       In this context, it is clarified that benefit of stepping up of pay as per Note 10 under Rule 7 of CCS(RP) Rules 2008 would be admissible to senior Assistants/PAs of CSS/CSSS promoted prior to 01.01.2006 and drawing less pay than Assistants/PAs of CSS/CSSS promoted after 01.01.2006.

4. All Ministries/Departments may regulate stepping up cases of Assistants/PAs of CSS/CSSS accordingly.


s/d
(K.Suresh Kumar)
Under Secretary to the Government of India





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16 per cent DA for employees under 5th Pay Commission

16 per cent DA for employees under 5th Pay Commission

Ranchi, Dec 24 (PTI) Jharkhand government today announced 16 per cent Dearness Allowance to those employees, who are still covered under the Fifth Pay Commission.

The decision, which was taken at a cabinet meeting, chaired by Chief Minister Arjun Munda here, will take the present 87 per cent DA to 103 per cent, Cabinet Secretary Amrendra Prasad Singh told newsmen here.

Despite the implementation of the Sixth Pay Commission some of the employees had opted to continue with the Fifth Pay commission.

Source: PTI

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