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Revision of Basic Pay and Allowance and Pension 2005 11.11.2005OFFICE MEMORANDUMSubject: Basic Pay and Allowance Kindly refer to your Memo. No. SO(Accounts)8-11/2005 dated 14.09.2005 on the subject cited above.2. Your attention is invited to the Amendments in the Contract Appointment Policy notified by S&GAD No. OS(O&M)5-3/2004/Contract/MI dated 22.08.2005. In this regard Para-ll of the said letter is reproduced as under:-“Where contract employees were appointed in the prescribed pay scale of the post prior to the issuance of the Policy on 29.12.2004 the terms and conditions prescribed in para 3(XIII)(1) of this Policy shall automatically become applicable as under these terms,…

Clarification – PhD and MPhil Qualification Allowance 27.01.2011OFFICE MEMORANDUMSubject: Qualification AllowanceIn continuation of this department’s letter NO.FD.SR-1-9-3/86 dated 22.01.2009 42-2 on the subject noted above I am directed to state that a question has arisen regarding determination of criteria for declaring an organization as Research & Development Organization for grant of Science and Technology Allowance to the PhD degree holders working in the various Administrative Departments. An appeal was also filed in the Punjab Service Tribunal in this regard and the court in its order directed the Punjab Government to devise a policy in this regard. Accordingly, a committee was…

Clarification – MPhil Qualification Allowance @ 5000 pm dt 01.10.2013OFFICE MEMORANDUMSubject: MPhil Qualification AllowanceI am directed to refer to this department’s letter No.FD.SR-1/9-21/2011 dated 01.04.2013 on the subject noted above wherein it was conveyed that the Competent Authority has been pleased to extend the facility of MPhil Allowance @ 50% of PhD. Allowance to all government servants across the board working under the administrative control of Government of the Punjab subject to the condition that they acquire the M. Phil Degree from the recognized universities of Higher Education Commission with immediate effect. But instances have come to the notice that…

Clarification – Move up for BS01 to BS04 on or before 01.07.2007 dt – 22.05.2008OFFICE MEMORANDUMSubject: Move up for BS01 to BS04 I am directed to refer to this Department’s letter of even number dated 10th September 2007 on the above mentioned subject and to say that some quarters have sought clarification on the point whether or not the employees who were in BS-1 to BS-4 on or before 01.07.2007 by virtue of selection grade are entitled to move one-scale up in light of para 2 of the said letter. It is accordingly clarified that there will be no change…

Clarification – Marks for Local Residence in the process of Recruitment of Educators dt 26.02.2009OFFICE MEMORANDUMSubject: Marks for Local ResidenceIn order to ensure the implementation of a uniform policy for recruitment of educators in all the districts in the Punjab, the sliding scale criteria mentioned in letter No. SO(S-IV) 2-34/2008 dated 29.12.2008 may be implemented in letter and spirit in all the districts. However, in urban areas where no village exists, the interpretation of this letter will be as under:- Marks Tehsil/Town …

Clarification – Dearness Allowance 1982 dt 28.11.1982OFFICE MEMORANDUMSubject: Dearness Allowance 1982 Please refer to your memo No. DAO/BWP/GAD/1204, dated 18.11.1982, on the above subject.2. In this Department’s circular letter dated 28.8.1982 it has clearly been stated that the Dearness Allowance granted w.e.f. 1.7.1982 will be admissible to all those who were on leave including LPR on 1.7.1982. This Allowance is not admissible to those who retired on 30.6.1982. Accordingly, the Dearness Allowance shall be admissible to all those who are on leave including LPR on 1.7.1982 and thereafter.

Clarification – Ad-hoc Allowance 2010 – 11.11.2010OFFICE MEMORANDUMSubject: Ad-hoc Allowance I am directed to refer to this Department’s letter of even number dated 15.7.2010 on the subject cited above and to clarify that the terms “Existing Basic Pay and Basic Pay are the same. i.e. the pay drawn by the Government servants in the “Basic Pay Scales 2008”. However, it is further clarified that the term “Existing Basic Pay” has been used to identify the pay drawn by a civil servant as on 30.6.2010. In other words the amount of Adhoc Allowance 2010 and Medical Allowance will not increase with…

Calculation of Leave Encashment LPR 25.05.1999OFFICE MEMORANDUMSubject: Leave Encashment It has been observed that there is no uniform policy in calculation of leave encashment for 180 days which is usually drawn after retirement, the basis of rate of Pay drawn on the last day of duty. The field Offices have adopted various methods for calculation of encashment of L.P.R which resulted in short/ excess payments.2. In Order to remove disparity and for adoption of a uniform policy has been decided that encashment of L.P.R may be calculated in accordance the formula 1.0 180×12/365=5.918 months multiplied with monthly rate pay drawn…

Antedated Performa Promotion – 23.09.2006OFFICE MEMORANDUMSubject: Antedated Performa PromotionPlease refer to your letter no. DAO/BWP/GAD-I/HM/820 dated: 28-07- 2006 on the subject captioned above.Prior concurrence of the Finance Department is not required in this case. However supernumerary posts have to be created from the Finance Department to admit the arrear claim of the officer. This contention has also been endorsed by the Honorable Judge of Lahore High Court Bahawalpur bench, Bahawalpur in his Judgment dated: 18-01-2002.

Ad-hoc Relief Allowance 2010 @ 50% and Medical Allowance 15.07.2010OFFICE MEMORANDUMSubject: Ad-hoc Relief Allowance 2010 I am directed to state that Governor of the Punjab has been pleased to sanction an Ad-hoc Allowance – 2010 @ 50% of the existing basic pay of Basic Pay Scales, 2008 to all the civil employees of the Punjab Government including contingent paid staff and contract employees employed against civil posts in Basic Pay Scales on standard terms and conditions of contract appointment with effect from 1st July, 2010.2. The amount of this Ad-hoc Allowance:3. The term “Basic Pay” for the purpose of Ad-hoc…