LAW & LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT Mahanadi Bhawan, Mantralaya, Nava Raipur Atal Nagar
Atal Nagar, the 29th February 2024
CHHATTISGARH LOWER AND HIGHER JUDICIAL SERVICE ALLOWANCES AMENDMENT ORDER, 2024
No. 2220/105/XXI-B /C.G./24.— The State Government, in due compliance with the directions delivered by Hon'ble Supreme Court of India, New Delhi in W.P. (C) No. 643/2015 All India Judges Association vs. Union of India & Ors dated 4th January, 2024, hereby, makes the following amendment in this Department order no. 324/PSLaw/89 /XXI-B /C.G./24, dated 16.02.2024, namely:-
AMENDMENT
In the said Order,-
1. In clause 7- Higher Qualification Allowance,-
(a) for sub-clause (5), the following shall be substituted, namely:-
"(5) The aforesaid advance increments to be received on account of acquiring post graduate degree or Ph.D in Law shall be admissible to the Judicial Officers in all cadre at every level like Civil Judge (Junior Division), Civil Judge (Senior Division), ACP Stage (ACP I or II), District Judge (Entry Level), District Judge (Selection Grade) and District Judge (Super- time Scale) Pay Scale J-1 to J-7."
(b) after sub-clause (6), the following shall be added, namely:-
"(7) The advance increments shall be made available to the officers, if the higher qualification has been acquired through regular studies (full time or part time) as well as through distance learning programmes."
2. In clause 8- Leave Travel Concession (LTC)/Home Travel Concession (HTC),-
in sub-clause (5), for the word "State", the words, figure, symbol and bracket "Central Civil Services (Leave Travel Concession) Rules, 1988" shall be substituted;
3. In clause 14- Telephone Facilities,- "(d) the said mobile handset purchase facility shall be admissible for a block year of three years from the 2016 i.e. for the period from the date 01.01.2016 upto 31.12.2018, from the date 01.01.2019 upto 31.12.2021, from the date 01.01.2022 upto 31.12.2024 and so on. If the bills for the block years 2016-2018 and 2019 to 2021 are not available, then it shall be admissible to utilize the said grant in current year."
(b) in sub-clause heading (iii) Office Telephone- in table "Limits of Bimonthly Free Call Charges", the words "p.m.", wherever they occur, shall stand omitted.
4. In clause 18,- House Rent Allowance and Residential Quarters, in Sub-Heading (c) Furniture and Air Conditioner Allowance, -
(a) in sub-clause (1), for the figure and symbol/date "1.10.2020", the figure and symbol/date "01.01.2016" shall be substituted;
(b) after sub-clause (6), the following shall be added, namely:-
"(7) Judicial Officers, who intend to claim arrears in respect of the Block Year Commencing from 01.01.2016 to 31.12.2020 and 01.01.2021 to 31.12.2025, the reimbursement in respect thereof shall be admissible on producing the bill thereof, in the establishment where they are posted at present."
This sanction has been accorded by the Finance Department vide Dispatch No. 105/2024/Finance/Rules/Four, dated 29.02.2024.
By order and in the name of the Governor of Chhattisgarh,
SHAHABUDDIN QURESHI, Additional Secretary.