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REGISTERED No. D-(D)-72

The Gazette of India

EXTRAORDINARY

PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii)

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

No. 341] NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5,1975/BHADRA 14, 1897

Separate paging is given to this Part in order that it may be filed

as a separate compilation

MINISTRY OF FINANCE

(Department of Revenue and Insurance)

NOTIFICATION

INSURANCE

New Delhi, the 5th September 1975

S.O. 472(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (6) of section 16 of the General Insurance Business (Nationalisation) Act, 1972 (57 of 1972), the Central Government hereby makes the following Scheme to amend the General Insurance (Ration- alisation and Revision of Pay Scales and other Conditions of Service of Supervisory, Clerical and Subordinate Staff) Scheme, 1974, namely:—

1. (i) This scheme may be called the General Insurance (Rationalisation and Revision of Pay Stales and other Conditions of Service of Supervisory, Clerical and Subordinate Staff) First Amendment Scheme, 1975.

(2) It shall come into force on the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.

2. In the General Insurance (Rationalisation and Revision of Pay Scales and other Conditions of Service of Supervisory, Clerical and Subordinate Staff) Scheme, 1974 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Scheme), in paragraph 2 —

(a) in clause (iii), after the word "employees", the words, figures and letters "AS on 31st day of December, 1972" shall be inserted;

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(b) for clause (iv) and the proviso thereunder, the following clauses shall be substituted, namely :—-

"(iv) who joined service in any of the Indian Insurance Companies on or after the 1st day of January, 1973 and were confirmed before the commence- ment of this scheme;

(v) who were in regular whole-time temporary service of the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries at the commencement of this Scheme;

Cvi) who are appointed as probationers by the Corporation or any of its subsi- diaries after the commencement of this scheme;".

3. In clause (i) of paragraph 3 of the principal Scheme, after the words "such as", ihe word "Driver", shall be inserted.

4. In paragraph 4 of the principal Scheme,—

(i) in sub-paragraph (1)—

(a) in Explanation I, after the words, brackets and letters "or clause (iii)", the words, brackets and letters "or clause (iv) or clause (v)" shall be inserted;

(b) after Explanation I, the following Explanation shall be inserted, namely :— "Explanation IA.—~For the purposes of this paragraph and for paragraphs 5 and 6, an employee referred to in clauses (iii) and (iv) and (v) of paragraph 2 shall be dealt with as though he had exercised his option to be governed by the new scale of pay.";

(il) in "ub-paragraph (2)—

(a) to clause (a), after the proviso, the following further proviso shall bo added, namely :—

"Provided further that in the case of an employee referred to in clauses (ill), (iv) and (v) of paragraph 2, the period aforesaid shall be for the period commencing on the date of appointment of the employee con- corned in continuous service or the first day of January, 1973, which- ever is later, and ending wtth the 26th May, 1974."; (b) after clause (b), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:—

"(c) Where during the relevant period an employee was holding a post other than the one on which he was not normally employed or was in receipt of any allowance of a transient nature, the salary and allowance? (ex- cluding such transient allowances) which he would have drawn in the normal post sh^ll alone be taken into account for the purpose of paragraphs 4 and 6;

(iii) in sub-paragraph (3), clause fb) shall be omitted;

5. In paragraph 5 of the principal Scheme,— (i) in sub-paragraph (2), in clause (a)—

fa) in sub-clause (i), for the words "and Supervisors", the words "or Supervisors and" shall be substituted;

(b) in sub-clause (iii), for the word "scales", the word "skills" shall be substitut- ed;

(ii) m sub-paraftraph (3), in clause (a), for the word" "All those working as Stenographers", the words, brackets and fiirurr "Subirct to sub-paragraph (4) all those working as Stenographers" shall be substituted;

(iii) in sub-paragraph (4), for the words, brackets and flaures "paragraph ( 2 ) '\ the word, brackets and figure "sub-paragraph (2)" shall be substituted.

<5. In paragraph 6 of the principal Scheme,—

(i) in sub-paragraph (1)—

(a) in clause (a)—

(i) for thf word and fifriire "paragraph 4", the word and figure "paragraph 5" shall he substituted;

'ii) the word "Junior", in both the places wtierf it occurs, shT-11 be omitted: (Hi) for th" words "be ascc-taine<1 hy alternative", the words "be ascertained under this alternative" shall be substituted;

fb) in diius- fM. for the letters and figures "Rs 25 245", the letters and figures "Rs. 245" shall be substituted;

(c) in sub-clause (c), the word "add" shall be omitted;

(uj in iNote 1, for the words "would havo drawn", the words ' would luvo drawn in ius existing scale shau be subsiuutea;

(e) in Note 2, for the words, letters and figures "immediately before the 1st day or January, iy/3 in a company wiucn nad no deiinue scales 01 dearneas allowance, the consolidated Saiary will not be treated as basic salary", tne words, letters and nguies "on the 1st day of January, 1973, the same snail not be treated as basic salary' suuu ue sugstiiuted;

(ii) in sub-paragraph (3) and in sub-paragraph (4), after the figures "1974", the woras "but does not reach the ceiling of the grade" snail DO inserted;

(iii) in sub-paragraph (5)—

(a) for the words "immediately before the said date", the words "on the said date' shall be substituted;

(b) for the words "and lunch allowance", the words "conveyance allowance and lunch allowance" snail be substituted;

(e) the following proviso shall be added, namely :—

"Provided that no employee referred to in clauses (iv), (v) and (vi) of para- graph 2 shall be entitled to any personal pay.";

(iv) after sub-paragraph (5), the following sub-paragraph shall be inserted, namely :—

"(6) In respect of an employee referred to in clauses (iv) and (v) of paragraph 2, the salary on absorption in tho service shall be determined as if ho had been appointed in the appropriate scale of pay under this scheme".

7. In paragraph 7 of the principal Scheme,—

(j) in sub-paragraph (1), for I'fle words "after giving tho employee one increment within existing scale", the words "on the basis of his salary after the annual increment, if any, drawn by the employee in this existing scale" shall be substituted;

(ii) after sub-paragraph (1), the following Note shall be inserted, namely:—

•NOTE. '"12 months of continuous service" means a period of duty equal to twelve months excluding periods of extraordinary leave.';

(iii) in sub-paragraph (2)—

^ (a) for the word and figure "paragraph 5", the word and figure "paragraph 6' shall be substituted;

(b) for the words "one additional increment" the words "one increment" shall be substituted.

8. For paragraph 8 of the principal Scheme, the following paragraph shall be substituted, namely:—

"8. Hours of work.—(1) The total working hours in a week comprising of five full days and a half day shall be—

(i) thirty-five and a quarter hours excluding the lunch break for 45 minutes for all employees in supervisory and clerical grades;

(ii) thirty-eight and a quarter hours excluding the lunch break for 45 minute* for subordinate staff other than those referred to in sub-paragraph (2).

(2) The total working hours in a week comprising six full days shall!he forty- eight hours for subordinate staff such as drivers, liftmen, cleaners, watch- men, electricians, plumbers and gardeners.

(3) Subject to the maximum weekly hours of work stipulated in sub-paragraph* { ' M) and (2), the Managing Director or CuRtodian shall from time to time specify thf daily working hours of each office and employee as considered necessary.".

shall be omitted.

10. In paragraph 10 of the principal scheme,—

(1) in sub-paragraph (1), after clause (g), the following clause shall be insened, namely :—

"(h) extraordinary leave";

(2) in sub-paragraph (2), for the brackets, letter and words u(dJ casual leave cannot be availed or in conjuncuon witn any otner Kind oi leave, Mib- jeci to Uus conanion, any Una oi leave under mis beneme may Jse granted in combination wnn, or in continuation, of tiny otner Kind oi icave tne fol- lowing brackets, letter, words and ligures snail be suDstituteu, naniely ;

"(e) no leave shall be granted in continuation of or in conjunction with any other kind of leave except the following :—

(i) casual leave and additional casual leave in continuation of or in conjunc- tion with examination leave, quarantine leave or extraordinary leave;

(ii) earned leave in continuation of or in conjunction with sick leave, mater- nity leave:, examination leave, quarantine leave or extraordinary leave;

(iii) sick, leave in continuation of or in conjunction with earned leave, mater- nity leave, quarantine leave or extraordinary leave;

(iv) maternity leave in continuation of or in conjunction with earned leave, sick leave, quarantine leavo or extraordinary leave;

(v) examination leave in continuation of or in conjunction with, casual leave, additional casual leave, earned leave, maternity leave, quarantine leavo or extraordinary leave;

(vi) quarantine leave in continuation of or in conjunction with casual leave, additional casual leave, earned leave, side leave, maternity le'ave, exa- mination leave or extraordinary leave;

(vii) extraordinary leave in continuation of or in conjunction with any other type of leave.";

(3) for sutvparagrapha (3) and (4), the following sub-paragraphs shall bo subs- tituted, namely :—

"(3) Earned leave.—(a) The amount of earned leave shall be one-eleventh part of duty.

Explanatiorir^-ln this clause 'duty' means the period spent in the service of the Corporation or its subsidiaries or both, but shall not include the period* of leavo other than caoual leave, additional casual leave, quarantine leave, examination leave and trade union leave.

(b) The period of earned leave which can be accumulated by any employee is I HO days and leave upto a maximum of 120 days may be sanctioned at one time ;

Provided that an, employee may be granted the full leave to his credit subject to a maximum of 180 days preparatory to retirement.

(e) The earned leave refused in the interest of service to an employee prepara- tory to retirement and the balance of earned leave due to the credit of an employee in the event of his death may be encashed.

NOTE 1,—For the purpose of determining the amount due to an employee as " result of encashment of earned leave, the employee's gross total monthly emoluments (basic salary plus all allowances excluding functional allow- ance and officiating allowance) as on the date of his death or retirement, as the case may be, shall be taken into consideration.

NOTE 2.—The amount due lo an employee as a result of the encashment of earned leave remaining to his account on the date of his death shall be paid to the person to v/nom the concerned employee's provident fund arrears are payable.

(4) Casual leave,—(a) An employee may be granted casual leave upto a maxi- mum of 15 days during a calendar year and any casual leave not availed of by an employee during such year shall lupsc at the end oE that year.

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(b) Without prejudice to the provisions of ckusc (a)> the employee may be granted additional c'asual leave tor the) number of days by which the holidays declared under the Negotiable instruments Act, 1881 (>26 of 1881) in a calenda year falls short ol! twenty-three and a half days and such leave may be availed of during the following calendar year;

Provided that such additional casual leave, a* is not availed of during the follow- ing Calendar year aforesaid, shall lapse at the end of such year.

(c) Without prejudice to the provisions of clause (e) of sub-paragraph (2), casual leave may be availed of in conjunction wil'h additional casual leave but not more than 6 days of cither casual leave or additional casual leave or both combined may be granted at a time.

(d) Casual leave and additional casual leave may normally be availed of only after sanction by the competent authority; but one day's casual leave may bo 'availed of without prior sanction in case of unforeseen emergency:

Provided that the Head of the office is promply advised d£ the circumstances in which prior sanction could not be obtained.

(e) It shall be permisssible to avail of casual leave and additional casual leave either for the forenoon only or for the afternoon only on any week day other than Saturdays and the period of leave taken in this manner shall b" treated as half day.

(f) The casual leave and additional casual leave taken on Saturday shall be treated as a leave for lull day.";

(4) in sub-paragfaph (6), in the proviso, for the words "having three living children", the words "having three or more living children" shall be substi- tuted;

(J) after sub-paragraph (9), the following sub-paragraphs shall be inserted, name-

ly—

"(10) Extraordinary leave.—(a) Extraordinary leave not exceeding six months for the entire service may be granted to an tmployec when no other kind of leave is due.

(b) No salary will be admissible during the period of extraordinary leave,

(c) The period spent on such leave shall not count for increment.

(11) Leave salary.—An employee on earned leave, maternity leave or quarantine leave shall draw leave salary equal to the salary he drew on the date preceding the date on which he proceeded on eave.'

11. In paragraph 11 of the principal Scheme, for the words "and dcarness allowance", the words, "dearness Allowance and personal pay" shall be substituted.

j2. In paragraph 12 01 tine principal Scheme, in the proviso, for the words "on the last of the immedialelyly following month", the words "on the forenoon of the first of the immediately following month" shall be substituted,

13. For paragraph 14, the following paragraph shall be substituted, namely:—

"14. Overtime allowance.—(1) An employee may be required to work beyond fhe normal working hours whenever it is found necessary in the interest of office work.

(2) When an employee is required to work for more than half 'an hour in excess of his normal working hourts on any day, he shall be paid an overtime allowance for the period beyond his normal working hours.

(3) The rates of overtime allowance for the categories of employees mentioned in column 1 of I'ne Table below shall be calculated in the manner specified ill the corresponding entries in column 2 of the said Table.

TABLE

Catcgiries of employees

Manner of calculation

Supervisory and Clerical staff.

i. For the period of overtime work during the week which when added to the normal hours of that week totals to 42 hours or less the rate of overtime allowance shall be one and half times the hourly rate of wages.

2. For the period of overtim; work beyond 42 hours of work during the week the rate of overtime allowance shall be twice the hourly rate of wages.

Subordinate staff

1. For the period of overtime work during the week which when added to the normal workf; ing hours of that week totals to 45 working hours or less, the rate of overtime allowance shall be one and a half times the hourly rate of wnzes.

2. For the period of overtime work beyond 45 hours of work during the week, the rates of overtime allowance shall be twice the hourly rate of wages.

Drivers and building staff.

j , For the first seven hours of overtime work during the week the rate of overtime allowance shall be at one and a half times the hourly rate of wages.

2. For the overtims hours of wJirk in exijss of sev;n hours during the we=k, the ratcaof overtime allowance shall be twice the hourly rate of wages.

(4) For the overtime work done on holidays and Sundays payment atrall bo mad* on the same basis as on other days:

Provided that for a continuous overtime work of 4 hours or more done on Sundays a compensatory holiday shall be given in addition to the payment of overtime allowance.

(5) The authorities competent to sanction payment of overtime in the Corpora*- tion or in any of its subsidiaries or other office at the regional, divisional and branch levels shall be as may be specified by the Corporation from time to time.

(6) Ordin'arily no employee, other than drivers, shall be asked to work overtime for more than 90 hours in a calendar year:

Provided 1'nat the Managing Director of the Custodian may relax this provinion in individual cases depending upon the exigencies of work.

NOTE 1.-—The period of overtime shall be rounded off to the nearest half hour.

NOTE 2.—The week shall bc reckoned from Sunday to Saturday. NOTE 3 —The hourly rate of wages shall be gross salary (comprising of the basic salary, dearness Allowance, qualification pay, functional allowance, city compensatory allowance, hill station allowance, p=rsonal rVay and officiat- ing allowance) for the month divided by the normal working hours for that month.

N^14. In the First Schedule to the principal Scheme, for item IV relating to "Quali- fication Pay" and the entries thereunder, the following shall be substituted, namely:—

"IV. Qualifications Pay:

Employees shall be granted a monthly allowance called the qualification pay or be granted increments on t'nc following basis, n'amely:—

(1) Non-graduate assistants who were confirmed in service as on 31st Decem- ber, 1972 and may qualify us graduates on or before 31st December, 1977, may be granted two increments in their scale of pay with effect from the date of publication of the. result of the examination;

(2) Non-graduate assistants who were in the temporary service as on 31st Dec- ember, 1972 and may qualify as graduates on or before 31st December, 1977, shall be granted two increments in their scale of pay with effect from the date of their confirmation in service or from the date of publication of the result of the examination, whichever is later;

(3) Graduate-assistants in service as on the 31st December, 1972 may be allowed an incre'asc, if necessary, in their baiic salaries 'with effect from the date of their confirmation in service on 1st January, 1973, whichever is later, so as to bring their basic salaries to the level of the third stage in the assistant's scale:

Provided that the concerned graduate assistant has not been allowed higher starting salary or advance increment* before graduation at toy time during the period of service wit'a the insurer.

(4) Persons appointed in the category of assistants or In equivalent posts on or •after 1st January, 1973 shall be .given two increments in the grade with effect from—

(a) the date of their confirmation in service if they joined as graduates or qualify as graduates before confirmation;

(b) the date as to publication of the results if they qualify as graduates within a period of ftvs years from the date of their joining service, but, after their confirmation in service.

(5) A confirmed employee who qualifies or has qualified in an examination mentioned below shall be paid with effect from the date of publication of the results of the examination or 27th May. 1974, whichever is later, the amount ot qualification pay as indiacted below:

Provided that not more than one qualification pay shall be permissible to him

Qualification Pay per month

Examination

Federation of Insurance

, Institutes or Chartered

Rs. 15 payable only to Assistants or equivalent Insurance Institute (i) Licentiate

or lower positions.

Rs. 25 payable only to Senior Assistants or (it) Completion of Associateship

equivalent or lower positions.

(Hi) Completion of Fellowship.

Rs. 50.

Institute of Actuaries :

(iv) Any three subjects (v) Any seven subjects (vi) Completion of Fellowship

Rs. 25. Rs. 40. Rs. 60.

Institute of Chartered Accountants or Institutes of Cost and Work Account,s'

(vii) Completion of Intermediate (viii) Completion of Associateahip or

Rs. 25. Rs. 50

Fellowship.

(6) The gfant of qualification pay or inurements on graduation shall not afl"%l

the seniority of the person concerned.

(7) Where an employee has already been given an advance increment or any other recurring monetary benefit for having qualified in any insurance examination, the amount of qualification pay shall be suitably or be not admissible depending on the quantum of benefit already received.

Illustration:

An assistant shall receive a qualification pay of Rs. 5/- per mensem for passing the Associates'nip Examination o'f the Federation of Insurance Institutes, as against Rs. 25/- per mensem admissible in terms of sub-paragraph (5), if the monetary value of all the advance increments received for this examination amounted to Rs, 20/- per mensem and shall not receive any qualification pay, if the monetary Value of the advanc: increments already received amounted to Rs. 25/- per mensem.

15. In the Second Schedule to the principal Scheme, under the beading "Travelling Allowance", for item (1) relating to "Train journey" and the entries thereunder, the following shall bs substituted, namely:—

"(ii Train Journey

(i) Employets drawing basic salary of First class

Rs. 340/- and above.

(") Employees drawing basic salary Second class (new) with sleeper berth for night below Rs. 340,

journey.

(Hi) Subordinate stafl: Second class (new) with sleeper^bcrth for night

journey."

[No. F.65(8)Ins,III/l5-A/74.]

O. H. DAMLE,

Controller of Insurance & Ex-Officio Joint Secy.

PHINYED BY THE GENERAL MANAGER, GOVEHNMENT OF INDIA PHESS, MINTO ROAD, NEW DELHI AND PUBLISHED BY THE CONTROLLER OF PUBLICATIONS, DELHI, 1 9 75