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REGISTERED No. D. 221

The Gazette of India

EXTRAORDINARY

PART I—Section 1

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

No. 357] NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1,1973/KARTIKA 10, 1895

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as a separate compilation.

MINISTRY OF FINANCE

(Department of Expenditure)

RESOLUTION New Delhi, the 1st November 1973

No. 70(34)/73-Imp. Cell.—The Third Central Pay Commission was set up by the Government of India by Resolution No F. 7(25)-E.III(A)/69, dated 23rd April 1970 as amended by Resolution No. F. 7(25)-E.IIIfA)/69, dated 4th June, 1970. The Commission submitted its Report on 31-3-1973. Government have given careful consideration to the recommendations of the Commission relating to pay scales, allowances, retirement benefits etc., in respect of civilian employees of the Central Government in Classes II, III and IV, and have decided that the recom- mendations of the Commission on the matters aforementioned in respect of these categories of Central Government employees shall be accepted broadly subject to the improvements mentioned below:—

(1) The minimum remuneration for a wholetime Central Government civilian employee at the start of his career shall be raised from Rs. 185 per month recommended by the Commission to Rs. 196 per month and the five Class IV scales shall be restructured as follows:—

As modified by Government Rs.

Recommended by the Commission Rs.

183-2-193-3-205-EB-3-220

196-3-220-EB-3-232

200-3-212-4-232-EB-4-240 19O-3-208-4-22O-EB-4-232

190-3-208-4-220-EB-4-240

200-3-206-4-234-EB-4-250

200-3-212-4-240-EB-5-280

210-4-250-EB-B-270

200-3-212-EB-4-240-EB-5-280

210-4-226-EB-4-250-EB-

5-290.

(1469)

(2) The minimum benefit calculated at 5 per cent of the existing pay ac- cording to the pay fixation formula recommended by the Commit slon shall be rained from Rs. 10 to Rs. 15, and necessary action fihnll be taken for removal of bunching of pay wherever it extends beyond five consecutive stages in any particular pay scale.

(3) 100 per cent neutralisation shall be given in dearness allowance upto the revised pay level of Rs. 300 and 75 per cent for revised nay levels from Rs. 301 to Rs. 900 or every increase of 8 pointa in the 12- monthly average of the All India Working Class Consumer Price Index (1980—100).

(4) The Commission's recommendation's relating to pay and retirement benefits shall be made effective from 1-1-1973 instead of 1-3-1973 as recommended by the: Commission.

(5) Employees will not be asked to produce rent receipts for payment

of House Rent Allowance upto the revised pay level of Rs. 750.

(6) The present Quantum of the benefit in respect of a compensatory allowance which any of the existing employees may be receiving at present shall, other things remaining the aame. be protected, where on account of the Commission's recommendations this quan- tum pets modified adversely for such employees, by grant of perso- nal allowance to the extent of the loss.

(7) Employees whose children are studying in¹ the last three years of the High School/Higher Secondary stage shall be allowed to draw Chil- dren's Educational Allowance in relaxation of the condition in this regard laid down by the Commission,

(8) The system of grant of overtime allowance in nori-Industrial estab- lishments fhall continue, but thp conditions under which this allow- ance may be granted shall be tightened. Decisions on the Commis- sion's recommendations relating to overtime work in the industrial establishments of the Government .shall be taken later after the mat- ter has been considered further by the employing Ministries.

09) There shall be no change in the existing hours of work either in the administrative offices or in the industrial or operational estab- lishments of the Government,

2. The decisions taken bv the Government accordingly On the various recom- mendations of the Commission In respect of Civilian employees of tha Central Government belonging to Classes II. ITI and IV are indicated in tha statement annexed to this Resolution. Th? recommendations made by the Commission which are not includpd in thf Annexurf are being examined by Government and decisions thereon' will be taken as early as possible.

3. The Government of India wish to express their deep appreciation nf the work done by the Commission in dealing with the various complicated Issues relating to the emoluments and conditions of service of Central Government employees arid presenting a valuable Report.

ANNEXURE

Statement showing the recommendations of the Third Pay Commission relating to

employees in Classes II, III and IV, and Government's decisions thereon (References

to Chapters and paragraphs in thin Statement are to the Commission's Report).

Recommendations of the Pay Commission

Decisions of Government

Pay:

1, The minimum remuneration for a wholetime Central Government employee at the start of his career shpuld be fixed at Rs. 185 per mensem at the 12-monthly Index average of 200 (1960^=100) for the period ending 31st October, 1972.

2. The Commission has recommended the following scales of pay em- ployees in Class TV:—

Rs.

1. 185-2-193-3-205-EB-3-220 2. 190-3-208-4-220-EB-4-232 3. 190-3-208-4-220-EB-4-240 4. 200-3-212-4-240-EB-5-260 B. 200-3-212-EB-4-240-EB-5-280

3. . The special pav for certain cate- gories of unskilled Class IV staff whose work is exceptionally heavy or involves special risks, health hazards or employment under unpleasant or uncongenial occu- pations should be raised from Rs. 3 to Rs. 10 per mensem. (Vide Chapter 6—paragraphs 33 and 54)

4 . Scales of pav and special pay for various Services and posts in Classes II, IH and TV as recom- mended in Chapters 9, 10, 13 to 20.

5 . In future, an increment should be granted from the first of the month in which it falls due. (Vide Chapter 8, paragraph 22)

6 . Since Government have agreed to set up expert bodies for reviewing the existing categorisation of workshop staff in all maior em- ploying Ministries except Railways and also have agreed to set. up an inter-denartmental co-ordination Machinery for ensuring a reason- able measure of uniformity of standards, while the initial allot- ment of revised scales to the workshop staff should be on the basis of correspondence, suggested The minimum remuneration for a wholetime Centra] Government Civilian employee at the start of his career should be Rs. 196 per mensem at the 12-monthly Index average of 200 (1960=100) for the period ending 31st October,

The five class IV scales recommended by the Commission shall be modi- fled as follows: —

Rs.

I. 196-3-220-EB-3-232 2, 200-3-212-4-232-EB-4-240 3. 200-3-206-4-234-EB-4-250 4. 210-4-2BO-EB-5-270 5. 210-4-226-EB-4-250-EB-5-290

Accepted.

Pay scales recommended in Chapter 9j 10. 13 to 20. the maximum of which does not exceed Rs. 1200, accepted, subject to the modifica- tions in Class IV scales mentioned at Item 2.

Accepted.

Accepted.

Recommendations of the Pay Commission

by the Commission eventually the fitment of categories into the orotsosed new scales should be made on the basis of the recom- mendations oi these expert bodies. (Vide Chapter 19—paragraphs 18 and 19).

7. Employees drawing pay up to and including Rs, 900 p.m. in the ex- isting scales should have their pay fixed in the proposed scales after addintr to their existing emolu- ments an amount representing 5% of the existing pay (whether substantive, officiating or acting) subiect to a minimum of Rs. 10 and a miximum of Rs. 50 and subject to the various other con- ditions stipulated in Section II of Chapter 87 for the fixation of pay In the nroposed scales.

8. In cases of fixation of pay on pro- tion under F. R. 22-C, where an errrolovee Is drawing pay at the maximum of the lower scale, he should he allowed a notional in- crement above the maximum of the lower scale (equivalent to the amount of the last increment In the scale) and the pay be then fixed at the next above stage in the higher scale.

(Vide Chapter 8—paragraph 25)

9. Criteria for providing selection grades In Class IV and III cadres should be as sneclfled In chapter 8. paragraph 53.

10. In some departments six advance iprTPTnpTit^ are TwMiif (riven to engineering graduates who are recruited to posts for which the minimum prescribpd auaUflcstlons are only an enwineering diploma. It Is not a healthy arrangement to have a large percentage of gradu- ate engineers in cadres for which

Decisions of Government

Accepted with the following modifica- tions:—

(i) The minimum benefit calcu- lated at 5% of the existing pay should be raised from Rs. 10 to Rs. 13.

(ii) Where the pay of employees drawing pay at more than five stages fn an existing scale Is fixed at a stage in the revised pay scale which is the same as for employees drawing pay in the just preceding consecutive 5 stages of the existing scale, the pay of such of those employees who were drawing pay from the sixth upto the tenth or lower stage in the existing scale upto which the bunching extends shall be stepped up by grant of one increment in the revised scale; and additional Increment being given simi- larly If such bunching extends beyond the 10th stage upto the 15th stage and so on if BUfh bunching continues thereafter also.

Accepted.

Accepted in principle.

Accepted.

a diploma In engineering Is all that is considered necessary. This practice is not only an unnecessary burden on the exchequer but also involve^ under^utillsation of engi- neering graduates and raising ex- pectations in them which cannot be satisfied. This concession should, therefore, be withdrawn.

(Vide Chapter 14, para 70).

11. Dearness Allowance should be treated as a compensation to the wage earners and salaried emplo- yees against rise in prices over the index level of 200 (1960=100) to which the pay structure devised by the Commission is related.

(Vide Chapter 55, para 5).

12. Dearness Allowance should be paid to Central Government em- ployees at the following rates when the 12-monthly average of the All India Working Class Con- sumer Price Index Number for Industrial Workers (General) (1960=100) goes up by 8 points:—

Pay range Amount of D. A. admissible f°r an increase of 8 points in the 12- monthly average of the index (1960=100)

Upto Rs. 300 3.5 per cent of pay subject to a minimum of RE. 7 and a maxi- mum of RB. 10 p.m.

Above Rs. 300 2.5 per cent of pay subject to a minimum of Rs. 10 p.m. and a maximum of Rs. 20 p.m.

While the employees drawing re- vised pay up to Rs. 900 p.m. should be given D. A. when the 12-month- ly average of the index rises by 8 points, employees drawing revis- ed pay up to Rs. 1200 p.m. should be brought within the purview of the D. A. scheme when the index average rises by 16 points,

(Vide Chapter 55, paras 6, 7, 8, 14 and 15)

Accepted.

Accepted with the moriificjii' that the rates for grant of dcarr e. allowance shall be as IOLIOWS

Pay range Amount 11

ne s iillrv. a <. admissible fn> ai increase of 8 points in the 12- monthly average of the imle (1960=10"

Upto Rs. 300 4 per ce 1

pay.

Above Rs. 306 3 per cent of ia subject to a ml 'i mum of Rs. l: p.m. and a maxi- mum of Rs. 2', p.m.

13. The payments on account of clear- ness allowance should be rounded off to the nearest 10 paise.

(Vide Chapter 55, para 19)

Accepted.

Compensatory Allowances

14. Compensatory (City) Allowance should be made admissible to em- ployees whose place of work falls anywhere within the 'urban agglo- meration' of a city or town as adopted for the population census of 1971. An urban agglomeration should also be treated as one unit of population for the purpose of determining the class to which the city belongs.

(Vide Chapter 56, para 12).

15. Compensatory (City) Allowance should be allowed at the following rates:

Clas" of city/town Rates of CCA.

'A' Class Below 6J% of pay Rs. 250 subject to a

minimum of Rs.T2 p.m.

Rs. 250 & 6% of pay abovo subject to a maximum of Rs. 75 p.m.

•B-i' Class Below 5% ofpay. Rs. 330

R8.330& 4-5% of pay above subject to a

maximum of Rs. 50 p.m.

•B-2'Class Below 3 5% of pay Rs. 750 subject to a maximum of Rs. 10 p.m.

'Rs. 750'S:¹ Amount by above "F'lj which pay

falls short of Rs. 759 3

'C Class No allowance.

(Vide Chapter 56, para 13).

16 , A city or a town which for reasons of comparative isolation or by virtue of being a place of pilgrim- age with a lar"e floating popu- Accepted.

Accepted provided that where the ap- plication of revised rates results in a loss to an existing employee, the existing amount of allowance drawn by him would be protected by treating the difference between the allowance admissible at present and the allowance admissi- ble at the revised rates as a per- sonal allowance. The protection will continue till the employee while working at the same station becomes entitled to a higher amount of Compensatory (City) Alllowance as per the revised rates either on promotion or otherwise.

Accepted in principle.

lation or state capital, etc., may be abnormally expensive but does not qualify for grant of CCA. on the basis of population, should be given special consideration on merits.

(Vide Chapter 56, para 14).

17, The rates of house rent allowance should be as follows:—

Class of city/town Rates of H.R.A.

(i) A, B-l & B-2 [15% of pay

(u) 'C 7i% of pay

[Vide Chapter 56, para 29(ii)l

18. The concept of "urban agglomera- tion" recommended for the grant of Compensatory (City) Allow- ance should not be applied for the grant of House Rent Allowance.

(Vide Chapter 56, para 30).

19. (a) Production and verification of rent receipts should be made com- pulsory in all cases.

(b) However, the employees who are at present drawing house rent allowance without production of rent receipts should be allowed this facility so long as they claim the same amount of house rent allow- ance as they are receiving at present. This concession should apply to fresh entrants also.

[Vide Chapter 56, para 29(iv)l.

20. The percentage of pay charged on account of house rent for Govern- ment accommodation will remain unchanged. The pay limit upto which rent is recoverable at 7i per cent, should be raised from Rs. 220 to Rs. 300 In the revised pay structure.

(Vide Chapter 56, para"44).

21. The height of the hill station alone should be the criterion for grant of hill compensatory allowance.

Accepted.

Accepted. The existing criteria relat- ing to territorial limits for grant of House Rent Allowance should continue to apply.

(a) Accepted provided that the em- ployees including fresh entrants drawing pay up to Rs. 750 p.m. in the revised scales of pay shall not be required to produce rent re- ceipts for verification.

(b) Accepted subject to existing rules regarding exemption from produc- tion of rent receipts except in the case of fresh entrants to whom the decision at (a) will apply.

Accepted.

Accepted provided that where thfe appli- cation of revised rates results in a loss to an existing employee, the

The hill compensatory allowance should be paid to all employees

drawing pay upto Rs. 1200 at the

following rates:—

Station Pay P^m. Rates of

H.C-A. ,,,

Rs.

(i) At stations Below 6i% of pay situated at a 250 subject to a height of 1500 minimum of metres or more , Rs. 12 P-m.

250 & 6% of pay above subject to a maximum of Rs. 75 p.m.

(ii) At hill sta- Below 330 5% of pay- tions situated 330 &^ 4.5% of pay at a height of above subject to a 1000 metres or maximum of more but below Rs- 50/-. 1500 metres.

(Vide Chapter 56, paras 56 & 57)

22. Winter allowance should be paid at the following rates to all em- ployees getting a pay up to Rs, 1200 per month: —

Station Pay p.m. Rate of Win- ter Allowance

Rs.

(i) Hill stations BelowJ 5% of pay sub- situated at a 330 ject to a mini- height of 1000 mum of Rs. metres or more 10/- p.m. but below 1500 330 and 4.5% of pay metres, above subject to a

and upto maximum of 1200 Rs. 25 p.m.

(ii) Hill stations Below 6$% of pay situated at a 250 subject to a height of 1500 minimum of metres or more. Rs. i5/-p.m.

250 and 6 % of pay sub- abovc jeet to a and upto maximum of 1200 Rs. 40/- p.m.

(Vide Chapter 56—para 58)

existing amount of allowance drawn by him would be protected by treating the difference between it and the allowance admissible at the revised rates as a personal allowance. The protection will continue till the employee while working at the same station be- comes entitled to a higher amount of hill compensatory allowances as per the revised rates either on pro- motion or otherwise.

Accepted.

23. The present practice of paying bad climate allowance to Cen- tral Government employees at those places where the State Gov- ernments allow a similar allow- ance- to their own employees should continue. Bad climate allowance at all places classified as bad climate areas 3hould be granted to Central Government employees getting pay up to Rs. 900 p.m. as per rates appli- cable for compensatory (city) allowance in B-l class cities.

(Vide Chapter 56, paragraph 61).

24. The Commission has recommend- ed laying down of revised rates and certain conditions in respect of the grant of project or cons- truction allowance to Central Government employees working at un-developed and out of way places in connection with the construction of major projects in paragraphs 62—65 of Chapter 56 of its Report.

25. Special pay need not be granted throughout service to compensate for the liability of transfer any- where in India. In the case of Class III & IV employees of Defence Accounts Department who are in receipt of an All- India transfer liability allowance the existing rate of 10 per cent should be reduced to 7i per cent in the revised pay scales till such time as the orders of Octo- ber, 1970 continue to remain in force.

(Vide Chapter 56, paragraphs 71 and 75).

26. (a) Except in the case of the unskilled categories, for whom the grant of special pay has been recommended, it is not necessary to grant a risk/ hazard allowance to most of the other categories of staff.

(b) As however certain catego- ries are in receipt of certain allowances of the nature of risk allowance. Government should appoint a Committee to examine the feasibility of rationalising the grant of such allowances.

Accepted provided that where the application of revisrid rates re- sults in a loss to an existing employee, the existing amount of allowance drawn by him would be protected by treating the difference between the allowance admissible at present and the allowance admissible at the re- vised rates as a personal allow- ance. The protection will conti- nue till the employee while working in the same area be- comes entitled to a higher amount of Bad Climate Allowance as per the revised rates either on promotion or otherwise.

Accepted in principle.

Accepted provided that with effect from the date on which orders of October, 1970 in respect of em- ployees of the Defence Accounts Department cease to be in force, the quantum of this allowance being drawn by those employees immediately prior thereto shall, subject to the conditions laid down in this regard being ful- filled, be protected by way of grant of personal allowance to them so long as they continue to be posted within the jurisdic- tion of the same Controller.

Accepted in principle.

Accepted in principle.

Accepted in principle.

(c) Preventive steps should be taken, like provision of pro- tective clothing and applian- ces and special medical examination of staff exposed to health hazards to detect incipient illness or disease.

Accepted in principle.

(d) In view of the improvements recommended in the extra- ordinary pension rules, a comprehensive review of the provisions of Workmen's Compensation Act should be undertaken with regard to possible changes in the rate of compensation, the list of specified hazardous occupa- tions and the coverage of the Act.

(Vide Chapter 66, paragraphs 80 and 81)

27.

Accepted,

(a) No change is necessary in the existing general provisions in regard to either free trans- port facility or grant of sub- sidy on expenditure on trans- port where the place of work is at a distance of over 8 Kms. from the residence as an employee should usually be expected to travel between the place of residence and work at his own expense and in those cities where the CCA is admissible, a part of it is granted in view of the extra cost on transport in such places.

Accepted in principle.

(b) However, in cases where genuine hardship would be caused specially to the low paid employees when their place of duty is situated at a considerable distance from built up residential areas where they perforce have to reside or where employees have to come on or off duty at odd hours of the night or travel long distance from rest houses in between two spells of duty, some assis- tance is called for in the shape of free transport, a subsidy or conveyance allow- ance. The exact nature and scale of assistance will de- pend on local conditions and may be decided by the Government.

(Vide Chapter 56, paragraphs 90 and 91).

Travelling Allowance:

Accepted.

28. The Commission has made re- commendations in respect of certain rates and/or condi- tions relating to the follow- ing matters in respect of travelling allowance contain- ed in Chapter 57 of the Report: —

(a) Gradation of Central Govern,

ment employees. (b) Mileage Allowance, (c) Conveyance Allowance, (d) Daily Allowance where em- ployees have to stay in hotels etc. providing board and/or lodging at scheduled tariffs,

(e) Definition of family for pur- poses of grant of travelling allowance on transfer.

(f) Transfer Grant, (g) Transfer Incidentals, (h) Baggage Allowance, (i) Transfer Travelling allowance

on retirement/death.

(J) Journey fare of children studying at a place other than the place of posting.

Leave Travel Concession:

Accepted.

29. (a) The existing provision as re- gards journeys to home- towns once in a block of two years should continue with the modification that once in a block of four years, every Government em- ployee should be allowed to avail of the LTC for journey to any place in India subject to other prescribed conditions laid down in the existing scheme. In allowing the con- cession of journey to a place other than home town, the benefit should be extended to those employees also whose home towns are situ- ated within 400 kilometres, or in the case of Class IV employees, within 160 kilo- metres.

Accepted.

(b) The definition of family for purposes of the grant of leave travel concession, should be the same as re- commended by the Commis- sion for purposes of travel- ling allowance for journeys on transfer.

Accepted.

(c) The employees should be per-

mitted to avail of the leave travel concession for jour- neys performed during ca- sual leave also without spe- cifying any minimum period of absence. (Chapter 58, paras 12, 13 and

Educational facilities and Allowances:

Accepted.

30. (a) The Commission haa recom- mended certain' rates and/or conditions in respect of Chil- dren's Educational Allow- ance and educational facili- ties in the matter of educa- tion of children of Central Government employees. (Vide Chapter 89 of the

Report)

Accepted provided that employees whose children are studying in the last three years of High School/Hr. Secondary stage, should be allowed to draw Chil- dren's Educational Allowance in relaxation of tha condition laid down in this recommendation, (b) As in the Railways, the Chil- dren's Educational Allow- ance should be admissible to employees in other Depart- ments also only if a school of the requisite standard doea not exist at the station where a Government servant is posted or on account of non- availability of accommoda- tion in such a school. (Vide Chapter 59, paragraph

9).

Accepted.

Death-cum-Retirement Benefits: 31. (a) No change ia considered ne- cessary in the existing for- mula for computing pension and death-cum-retirement gratuity. HoweVer, the maxi- mum qualifying service for earning pension and gratuity should be Increased from 80 years to 83 years. (Vide Chapter 60, paragraphs

41 and 44)

Accepted.

(b) The rate3 of family pension as also the ceilings should be

'revised as follows:—

Pay of the Govt. Amount of family

servant pension

Below Rs. 400 30% of pay sub- ject to a minimum of Rs. 60 and a maximum of Rs. 100. Rs. 400 and above 15% of pay subject and upto Rs. 1200 to a minimum of Rs. 100 and a maximum of Rs. 160.

In case an employee dies after having rendered a minimum service 01 seven years, the family pension should be paid at an enhanced rate equal to 50 per cent of the last pay drawn or twice the ordi- nary family pension at the above rates, whichever is less, for a maximum period of seven yeara or the age of 65 years had he survived, whichever is earlier. In case of death after retirement the amount of family penslQn at the enhanced rates should not exceed the normal superannuation pen- sion (uncommuted value) to which the Government em- ployee would be entitled to on superannuation. Family pension in cases of, death after retire- merit should be given only to those who were members of the family of the Government em- ployee as declared at the time of retirement. (Vide Chapter 60, paragraphs 65

to 68).

Accepted.

(c) The existing arrangements under which the Government employees are required to con- tribute two months' emolu- ments towards the financing of the Family Pension Scheme should continue. (Vide Chapter 60, paragraph 54).

Accepted.

(d) While there should be no change In the existing condi- tions for grant of Invalid pen- sion, the amount of invalid pension should not be less than the amount of family pension at th" ordinary rates. (Vide Chapter 60, paragraph flO).

Accepted.

(e) The Commission has recom- mended certain rates and conditions for the grant of terminal benefits for tempor- ary and quasi-permanent em- ployees In paragraphs 63 to flfl of Chapter 60.

Accepted In principle.

Extraordinary Pension 32. The Commission has recommended that the existing provisions of the Central Civil Service (Extra- ordinary Pension) Rules should be simplified and rationalised on the basis of recommendations made In paragraphs 71 to 76 of Chapter 60.

Recommendations of the Pay- Commission

Decisions of Government

Date of Superannuation

Accepted.

33. Retirement of Government ser- vants should take effect from the afternoon of the last date of the month in which they attain the age of superannuation instead of the afternoon of the actual date of their superannuation. (Vide Chapter 60, paragraph 15).

Benefits to SclentUc/technical em-

loyees on absorption In autonom-

ous organisations

Accepted.

34. The benefit of pro-rata pension and gratuity at present admissible to scientific employees on absorption in autonomous organisations like C.S.I.R., I.C.A.R, Central Uni- versities, etc, should be extended to the various categories of techni- cal personnel also on similar absorption in these organisations. (Vide Chapter 80, paragraph 25).

Relief to Pensioners In future

Accepted provided that the decision shall apply also to the employees who retired on or after 1st January, 1973.

35. Central Government employees who retired on or after 1st March, 1973, should, irrespective of the amount of pension drawn by them, be given a relief at the rate of 5 per cent, of their pension subject to a minimum of Rs. 5 and a maxi- mum of Rs. 23 p.m. on the 12 monthly average of the All India Working Class Consumer Price Index (1960=100) rising by 16 points. The relief for the first time at these rates should be paid when the 12-monthly average of this index reaches 216.

{Vide Chapter 80, paragraph 92),

Hours of work

(a) and (b). There shall be no change In the existing hours of work either in the administrative offices or in the industrial establishment? of the Government.

36. (a) In general the gross working hours prescribed in the Indus- trial establishments under the Government should be 48 hours in a week and 8 hours in a day but within this period of 8 hours the workers should be allowed a break for half an hour to take their meals thus yielding a net of 45 hours per week. As regards the indus- trial establishments where the net weekly hours of work are less than 45. the position should be reviewed.

(b) The hours of work prescribed for the administrative offices should be 7 effective hours a day, exclusive of lunch break. (Vide Chapter 61, paragraphs 13 and 15).

Accepted.

Accepted.

Holidays: 37. (a) No section of employees should be allowed more than 16 holidays in a year. (Chapter 61, paragraph 28) (b) The practice of declaring one of the restricted holidays as a public holiday whenever any of the approved 10 closed holidays falls on a Sundav or a Second Satur- day, should be discarded as soon as possible. (Vide Chapter 61, paragraph 29).

Accepted.

(c) No change need be made in the system of restricted holi- days except that an attempt should be made to control the number of festivals de- clared as restricted holidays. (Vide Chapter 61, paragraph 30).

Accepted.

(d) No change in regard to the number of public holidays need be made in respect of those employees who are en- titled only to 3 National holi- days or 9 effective holidays. (Vide Chapter 61, paragraph 3D.

Casual Leave: 38. The existing quantum of casual Accepted.

leave is quite adequate. All ope- rating and maintenance staffs who are entitled to less number of public holidays in a year than the number allowed to the office staff in administrative offless should be allowed 15 days casual leave. No class of employees should be allowed more than 35 days' casual leave in a calendar year. In case a higher amount of casual leave has been allowed in certain cases due to remote- ness of the region, one or two days' journey time should be allowed whenever a person pro- ceeds on casual leave rather than allowing an enhanced quantum of leave every year as a regular provision. (Chapter 61, paragraph 35 and 36).

Overtime Allowance:

The system of grant of overtime allowance In non-industrial es- tablishments shall continue, but the conditions under whicn this allowance may be granted shall be tightened.

In industrial establishments, the existing systems for the grant of overtime allowance shall continue till Government takes a final decision on the recommendations in regard to such establishments.

39. The system of overtime allowance should be withdrawn in respect of categories and establishments to which the practice was extend- ed subsequent to the Report of the Second Pay Commission. It may continue in other cases. Where some expenditure on overtime allowance iR now being incurred due to the shortage of staff, such shortage should be made up expeditiously. Where overtime working as a regular measure is unavoidable as hap- pens in certain operative offices, the compensation should be in the form of off-days rather than through a cash benefit. For the categories which would become ineligible for overtime payment aH a result of the recommenda- tion, a system of compensatory offs and payment of honoraria should be introduced. Where the system of overtime work con- tines, the period of overtime should be calculated on a weekly basis and should be admissible only if the work put in during a working week of six days exceeds 48 hours (inclusive of meal breaks).

(Vide Chapter 61, paragraph 48).

Leave Entitlements

Accepted.

40. (a) In the case of non-indus- trial staffs, no change need be made in the rate of earning leave, the limit on accumula- tion of earned leave and the limit on the period of leave that can be availed at any one time. The existing differ- entiation between permanent and temporary employees in regard to earning leave In the first year of service should be abolished.

Accepted.

(b) At present employees pro- ceeding on earned leave from a post the maximum of which does not exceed Rs. 300 are entitled to draw leave salary equal to the last pay drawn. This limit of Rs. 300 should be raised to Rs. 600.

"ctepted.

(c) The present limit of 240 days on commuted leave during the entire service should be re- moved. Half pay leave upto a maximum of 180 days of such leave should be allowed to be commuted during en- tire service where such leave is utilised for an approved course of study.

Accepted.

(d) In the case of Departmental leave, the Department con- cerned would review the position and allow am leave salary from 10% to 35% of pay. In such cases, leave salary should be paid on a monthly basis for the first three months and thereafter It should be Payable when the Government servant returns to duty. Departmental leave should not be debited to half pay leave, and for purposes of calculating the amount of half pay leave due 'year' should be construed not as meaning a calendar year in which duty is performed but as 12 months of actual duty.

Accepted.

(e) In case of death in harness, the cash equivalent of the leave salary that the deceased employee would have sot had he gone on earned leave on the date of death, should be given to his family subject to a maximum of leave salary for 120 days. (Vide Chapter 62, paragraphs 14. 15, 17, 19, 20, 29 and 37).

Accepted.

Miscellaneous: 41. (a) Messing Allowance at present admissible for the nursing staff should be merged in their pay scales and should not be granted separately. Dearness Allowance and City Compen- satory Allowance (wherever Rdmissible) should be allowed to such staff in full at the same rates as applicable to other employees.

(Vide Chapter 16, para 90).

Accepted.

fb) The rate of Uniform allow- ance should be increased to Rs. 150 per annum for Nurses and Rs. 200 per annum for Matrons. (Vide Chapter 16, para 104).

Date of effect In regard to Pay Scales

and Pensionary Benefits

42 The scales of pay recommended for various services/posts should be made applicable from 1st March. 1973. (Chapter 67, paragraph 1).

43. (a) Recommendations on pension- ary benefits should also be made applicable to those Gov- ernment employees who re- tired on Or after 1st March, 1973.

(b) In respect of these em- ployees the emoluments for computing the pensionary be- nefits should include In addi- tion to pay and, dearness pay (wherever applicable), the dearness allowance an'd inte- rim reliefs drawn by them nrior to 1-3-1973. (Chapter 67, paragraph 2).

The decisions on the recommenda- tions listed at items 1 to 4 of the Annexure ahall be made applic- able with effect from 1-1-1973.

(a) & (b). The decisions on the re- commendations listed at Item 31 of the Annexure uhall be made applicable with effect from 1st January, 1973 and the recom- mendation In regard to emolu- ments for computing pensionary benefits should also apply from that date.

ORDER

Ordered that the Resolution be published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary.

Ordered also that a copy of the Resolution be communicated to the Ministries and Departments of the Government of India. State Governments, Union Terri- tory Administrations and all others concerned.

UMA SHANKAR, Addl, Secy.

PttfNTED BY THE MANAGER, GOVERNMENT OP INDIA PRESS, MTNTO ROAD, NTW W > Hl AND PUBLISHED BY THE CONTROLLER OP PUBLICATIONS. DELHI. 1978