LAW AND LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhawan, Nava Raipur Atal Nagar
Atal Nagar, the 13th August 2024
CHHATTISGARH LOWER AND HIGHER JUDICIAL SERVICE ALLOWANCES AMENDMENT ORDER, 2024
No. 2000/2550/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 further amendment in this Department order No. 324/PSLaw/89/XXI-B/C.G./24, dated 16-02-2024, namely :-
AMENDMENT
In the said Order,-
In clause 14, Telephone Facility, -
in sub-clause (1), in para (ii) Mobile Phone, in sub-para (a),-
1. after the words and the date "payable with effect from 01.01.2016", for the punctuation full stop ".", the punctuation colon ":"shall be substituted; and
2. after sub-para (a), the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:-
"Provided that, (i) permissible user charges in the form of allowance, shall be paid to District Judges Rs. 2000/- p.m. and Civil Judges Rs. 1500/- p.m. respectively, for the period of January, 2016 to July, 2024 as arrears and (ii) from August 2024, mobile phone user charges, inclusive of internet data package, shall be paid to District Judges and Civil Judges with maximum limit of Rs. 2000/- p.m. and Rs. 1500/- p.m. respectively as per actual expenses incurred.
This sanction has been accorded by the Finance Department Dispatch No. 529/2024/Finance/Rules/Four, dated 12-08-2024.
By order and in the name of the Governor of Chhattisgarh,
SHAHABUDDIN QURESHI, Additional Secretary.