No. 11(6)/2008-E.II(B)
Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Expenditure
Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Expenditure
North Block, New Delhi
Dated the 2nd April, 2013
Dated the 2nd April, 2013
Office Memorandum
Subject: Allowances and Special Facilities to Civilian
Employees of the Central Government serving in the States of the North Eastern
Region (including Sikkim) and in the Union Territories of Andaman & Nicobar,
Lakshadweep group of Islands Extension of the benefits related to Travelling
Allowance to Civilian Employees posted in Ladakh region of the State of Jammu
& Kashmir- Implementation of the recommendations of the Sixth Central Pay
Commission- reg.
With a view to attracting and retaining competent officers for
service in the North-Eastern Region(NER), Andaman & Nicobar(A&N) Islands
and Lakshadweep group of Islands, consolidated orders relating to Allowances
and Special facilities to the Civilian Central Government employees posted in
those areas were issued vide this Department's OM No. 11(2)/97-E.II(B) dated
22.07.98 as amended from time to time.
2. The Sixth Central Pay Commission had inter-alia
recommended that allconcessions allowed to Government employees in NER be also
extended to the Government employees posted in Ladakh. On acceptance of the
recommendations of the Sixth Central Pay Commission, the President is now
pleased to decide that concessions related to Travelling Allowance on First
Appointment, Travelling Allowance for Journey on Transfer, Road Mileage for
Transportation of Personal Effects on Transfer as per para 2(v) and (vi) of this
Department's OM No. 11(2)/97- E.II(B) dated 22.07.98, as amended from time
to time, shall extend to the Civilian Central Government employees posted in
Ladakh region of the State of Jammu & Kashmir also.
4. In respect of persons serving in the Indian Audit & Accounts Department, this Order issue in consultation with the Comptroller and Auditor General of India.
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Copy of G.I.M.F.OM No.11(2)/97-E.II(B) dated
22.7.1998—Allowances and facilities for employees serving in N.E. Region and
A&N, Lakshadweep Islands enlarged and extended to Sikkim, from 1.8.1997—
Quantum ceiling on Special (Duty) Allowance and aggregate of allowances removed
– Emergency Passage Concession introduced
With a view to attracting and retaining competent officers for
service in the North-Eastern Region, comprising the territories of Arunachal
Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura, orders were
issued in this Ministry’s OM No.20014/3/83-E.IV dated December 14, 1983
extending certain allowances and other facilities to the Civilian Central
Government employees serving in this region. In terms of Paragraph 2 thereof,
these orders other than those contained in Paragraph 1 (iv)
ibid
were also to apply mutatis mutandis to the Civilian Central Government employees posted to the Andaman & Nicobar Islands. These were further extended to the Central Government employees posted to the Lakshadweep Islands in this Ministry’s OM of even number dated March 30, 1984. The allowances and facilities were further liberalized in this Ministry’s OM No.20014/16/86/E.IV/E.II(B) dated December 1, 1988 and were also extended to the Central Government employees posted to the North-Eastern Council when stationed in the North-Eastern Region.
were also to apply mutatis mutandis to the Civilian Central Government employees posted to the Andaman & Nicobar Islands. These were further extended to the Central Government employees posted to the Lakshadweep Islands in this Ministry’s OM of even number dated March 30, 1984. The allowances and facilities were further liberalized in this Ministry’s OM No.20014/16/86/E.IV/E.II(B) dated December 1, 1988 and were also extended to the Central Government employees posted to the North-Eastern Council when stationed in the North-Eastern Region.
2. The Fifth Central Pay Commission have made certain
recommendations suggesting further improvements in the allowances and facilities
admissible to the Central Government employees, including Officers of the All
India Services, posted in the North-Eastern Region. They have further
recommended that these may also be extended to the Central Government employees,
including Officers of the All India Services, posted in Sikkim. The
recommendations of the Commission have been considered by the Government and the
President is now pleased to decide as follows:
(i) Tenure of Posting/Deputation—The provisions in
regard to tenure of posting/deputation contained in this Ministry’s OM
No.20014/3/83-E.IV dated December 14, 1983, read with OM
No.20014/16/86-E.IV/E.II(B) dated December 1, 1988, shall continue to be
applicable.
(ii) Weightage for Central Deputations/Training Abroad and
Special Mention in Confidential Records – The provisions contained in this
Ministry’s OM No.20014/16/86-E.IV/E.II(B) dated December 1, 1988, shall continue
to be applicable.
(iii) Special (Duty) Allowance – Central Government
Civilian employees having an “All India Transfer Liability” and posted to the
specified Territories in the North-Eastern Region shall be granted the Special
(Duty) Allowance at the rate of 12.5 per cent of their basic pay as prescribed
in this Ministry’s OM No.20014/16/86-E.IV/E.II(B) dated December 1, 1988, but
without any ceiling on its quantum. In other words, the ceiling of Rs.1,000 per
month currently in force shall no longer be applicable and the condition that
the aggregate of the Special (Duty) Allowance plus Special Pay/Deputation (Duty)
Allowance, if any, will not exceed Rs.1,000 per month shall also be dispensed
with. Other terms and conditions governing the grant of this Allowance shall,
however, continue to be applicable.
In terms of the orders contained in this Ministry’s OM
No.20022/2/88-E.II(B) dated May 24, 1989, Central Government Civilian employees
having an “All India Transfer Liability” and posted to serve in the Andaman
Nicobar and Lakshadweep Groups of Islands are presently entitled to an Island
Special Allowance at varying rates in lieu of the Special (Duty) Allowance
admissible in the North-Eastern Region. This Allowance shall continue to be
admissible to the specified category of Central Government employees at the same
rates as prescribed for the different specified areas in the OM dated May 24,
1989, but without any ceiling on its quantum. This Allowance shall also
henceforth be termed as Island Special (duty) Allowance. Separate orders in
regard to this Allowance have been issued in this Ministry’s OM
No.12(1)/98-E.II(B) dated July 17, 1998.
Attention is also invited in this connection to the
clarificatory orders contained in this Ministry’s OM No.11(3)/95-E.II(B) dated
January 12, 1996 which shall continue to be applicable not only in respect of
the Central Government employees posted to serve in the North-Eastern Region but
also to those posted to serve in the Andaman & Nicobar and Lakshadweep
Groups of Islands.
(iv) Special Compensatory Allowances – Orders in
regard to revision of the rates of various Special Compensatory Allowances, such
as, Remote Locality Allowance, Bad Climate Allowance, Tribal Area Allowance,
Composite Hill Compensatory Allowance, etc., which are location-specific, have
either been separately issued or are under issue based on the Government
decisions on the recommendations of the Fifth Central Pay Commission relating to
these allowances. These orders shall apply to the eligible Central Government
employees posted in the specified localities in the North-Eastern Region,
Andaman & Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep Islands, depending on the area(s)
of their posting and subject to the observance of the terms and conditions
specified therein. Such of those employees who are entitled to the Special
(Duty) Allowance or the Island (Special Duty) Allowance shall also be entitled,
in addition, to the Special Compensatory Allowance(s) as admissible to them in
terms of these separate orders. Central Government employees entitled to Special
Compensatory Allowances, separate orders in respect of which are yet to be
issued, will continue to draw such allowances at the existing rates with
reference to the ‘notional’ pay which they would have drawn in the applicable
pre-revised scales of pay but for the introduction of the corresponding revised
scales till the revised orders are issued on the basis of the recommendations of
the Fifth Central Pay Commission and the Government decisions thereon.
(v) Travelling Allowance on First Appointment—The
existing concessions as provided in this Ministry’s OM No.20014/3/83-E.IV dated
December 14, 1983 and further liberalized in OM No.20014/16/86-E.IV/E.II(B)
dated December 1, 1988, shall continue to be applicable.
(vi) Travelling Allowance for Journeys on Transfer, Road
Mileage for Transportation of Personal Effects on Transfer; Joining Time with
Leave—The existing provisions as contained in this Ministry’s OM
No,20014/3/83-E.IV dated December 14, 1983 shall continue to be applicable.
(vii) Leave Travel Concession—In terms of the existing
provisions as contained in this Ministry’s OM No.20014/3/83-E.IV dated December
14, 1983, the following options are available to a Government servant who leaves
his family behind at the old headquarters or another selected place of
residence, and who has not availed of transfer travelling allowance for the
family:
(a) the Government servant can avail of the leave travel
concession for journey to the home town once in a block period of two years
under the normal Leave Travel Concession Rules;
OR
(b) in lieu thereof, the Government servant can avail of the
facility for himself/herself to travel once a year from the station of posting
to the Home Town or the place where the family is residing and for the family
(restricted only to the spouse and two dependent children of age up to 18 years
in respect of sons and upto 24 years in respect of daughters) also to travel
once a year to visit the Government servant at the station of posting.
These special provisions shall continue to be applicable.
In addition, Central Government employees and their families
posted in these territories shall be entitled to avail of the Leave Travel
Concession, in emergencies, on two additional occasions during their entire
service career. This shall be termed as “Emergency Passage Concession” and is
intended to enable the Central Government employees and/or their families
(spouse and two dependent children) to travel either to the home town or the
station of posting in an emergency. This shall be over and above the normal
entitlements of the employees in terms of the OM dated December 14, 1983, and
the two additional passages under the Emergency Passage Concession shall be
availed of by the entitled mode and class of travel as admissible under the
normal Leave Travel Concession Rules.
Further, in modification of the orders contained in this
Ministry’s OM No. 20014/16/86-E.IV/E.II(B) dated December 1, 1988, Officers
drawing pay of Rs.13,500 and above and their families, i.e., spouse and two
dependent children (up to 18 years in respect of sons and up to 24 years in
respect of daughters) will be permitted to travel by air on Leave Travel
Concession between Agartala/Aizawl/Imphal/Lilabari/Silchar in the North-East and
Calcutta and vice versa; between Port Blair in the Andaman &
Nicobar Islands and Calcutta/Madras and vice versa; and between
Kavaratti in the Lakshadweep Islands and Cochin and vice versa.
(viii) Children Education Allowance and Hostel Subsidy
– The existing provision as contained in this Ministry’s OM No.20014/3/83-E.IV
dated December 14, 1983 shall continue to be applicable. The rates of Children
Education Allowance and Hostel Subsidy having been revised in the Department of
Personnel & Training OM No.21017/1/97-Estt.(Allowances) dated June 12, 1998
(vide Sl.No.164 of Swamysnews, August, 1998), the Allowance and subsidy shall be
payable at the revised monthly rates of Rs.100 and Rs.300 respectively per
child.
(ix) Retention of Government Accommodation at the Last Station
of Posting—The facility of retention of Government accommodation at the last
station of posting by the Central Government employees posted to the specified
territories and whose families continue to stay at that station is available in
terms of the orders contained in the erstwhile Ministry of Works & Housing
OM No.12035/24/77-Vol.VI dated February 12, 1984, as amended from time to time.
This facility shall continue to be available to the eligible Central Government
employees posted in the North-Eastern Region, Andaman & Nicobar Islands and
Lakshadweep Islands. In partial modification of these orders, Licence Fee for
the accommodation so retained will be recoverable at the applicable normal rates
in cases where the accommodation is below the type to which the employee is
entitled to and at one and a half times the applicable normal rates in cases
where the entitled type of accommodation has been retained. The facility of
retention of Government accommodation at the last station of posting will also
be admissible for a period of three years beyond the normal permissible period
for retention of Government accommodation prescribed in the Rules.
(x) House Rent Allowance for Employees in Occupation of
Hired Private Accommodation—The orders contained in this Ministry’s OM
No.11016/1/E.II(B)/84 dated March 29, 1984, and extended in this Ministry’s OM
No.20014/16/86-E.IV/E.II(B) dated December 1, 1988 shall continue to be
applicable.
(xi) Retention of Telephone Facility at the Last Station of
Posting—As provided in this Ministry’s OM No.20014/16/86-E.IV/E.II(B) dated
December 1, 1988, Central Government employees who are eligible for residential
telephones may be permitted to retain their residential telephone at their last
station of posting, provided the rental and all other charges are paid by the
concerned employees themselves.
(xii) Medical Facilities—Families and the eligible
dependants of Central Government employees who stay behind at the previous
stations of posting on the employees being posted to the specified territories
shall continue to be eligible to avail of CGHS facilities at stations where such
facilities are available. Detailed orders in this regard will be issued by the
Ministry of Health & Family Welfare.
3. The President is also pleased to decide that these orders,
in so far as they relate to the Central Government employees posted in the
North-Eastern Region, shall also be applicablemutatis mutandis to the
Civilian Central Government employees, including Officers of the All India
Services, posted to Sikkim.
4. These orders will take effect from August 1, 1997.
5. In so far as persons serving in the Indian Audit and
Accounts Department are concerned, these orders issue after consultation with
the Comptroller and Auditor General of India.
