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No. 4005 വാലം 13 Vol. XIII
1200 ധനു 3 3rd Dhanu 1200 Thiruvananthapuram, Wednesday
1946 അ്ഗഹായനം 27
27th Agrahayana 1946
GOVERNMENT OF KERALA
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION (SERVICES-H) DEPARTMENT
NOTIFICATION
G.O.(P)No.42/2024/GAD
17th December, 2024
Thiruvananthapuram S. R. O. No. 1163/2024
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub section (1) of section 2 of the Kerala Public Services Act, 1968 (19 of 1968), read with section 3 thereof, the Government of Kerala hereby make the following rules further to amend the Special Rules for the Personal Staff of the Ministers, the Leader of the Opposition and the Government Chief Whip issued by notification under G.O. (Ms.) No.343/Public Department (Rules), dated 3rd March, 1959 and published in
2Part 1 of the Kerala Gazette No.11 dated 17th March, 1959, namely:-
RULES
1. Short title and commencement - (1) These rules may be called the Special Rules for the Personal Staff of the Ministers, the Leader of the Opposition and the Government Chief Whip (Amendment) Rules, 2024.
(2) sub-rule (1) of rule 2 shall be deemed to have come into force on 1st day of April, 1982 and the remaining provisions shall come into force at once.
2. Amendment to the Special Rules.- In the Special Rules for the Personal Staff of the Ministers, the Leader of Opposition and the Government Chief Whip:-
(1) After rule 6B, the following rule and Note shall be inserted, namely:-
"6C.- Persons directly recruited to the Personal Staff of the Speaker or the Deputy Speaker of the Kerala Legislative Assembly and relieved consequent on the winding up of that office, or for any other reason other than termination of appoint, and later re-appointed to the Personal Staff of the Ministers, the Leader of Opposition and the Government Chief Whip, their previous service in the Personal Staff of the Speaker or the Deputy Speaker also be counted for leave and increment on production of Service Certificate to that extent from the Secretary, Kerala Legislature Secretariat;
Note:- The monetary benefits subsequent to the insertion of the above rule shall be entitled only from the date of publication of this amendment rule in the Official Gazette."
(2) After sub-rule (3) of rule 9, the following sub-rule and proviso shall be inserted, namely:-
(3A). When a direct recruit to the Personal Staff of the Speaker or the Deputy Speaker of the Kerala Legislative Assembly is relieved consequent to the winding up of that office or for any other reason other than those specified in sub-rule 13 of rule 9 and later re-appointed to the Personal Staff of the Ministers or the Leader of Opposition or the Government Chief Whip, their previous service in such personal staff of the Speaker or the Deputy Speaker of the Kerala Legislative Assembly shall also be reckoned as qualifying service for calculating pension as per this rule.
Provided that, those who were granted pension by reckoning their service in the Personal Staff of the Speaker or the Deputy Speaker shall terminate their pension granted as per pension rules of the Personal Staff of the Speaker, Deputy Speaker and Chairman of Financial Committees, 1999 and produce a certificate to that extent on their subsequent appointment to the Personal Staff of the Ministers or Leader of Opposition or the Government Chief Whip. They shall also produce a Service Certificate regarding their previous service authorized by the Secretary, Kerala Legislative Secretariat.
By order of the Governor,
K. R. JYOTHILAL,
Additional Chief Secretary to Government.
3Explanatory Note
(This does not form part of the notification, but is intended to indicate its general purport.) As per notification No. 12066/Ac.A3/98/Leg.(2) dated 15th October, 1999 the previous service of directly recruited employees in the Personal Staff of the Ministers or the Leader of Opposition or the Government Chief Whip were treated as eligible service for calculation of personal staff pension as per Special Rules for the Personal Staff of the Speaker or the Deputy Speaker or the Chairman of Financial Committees. But the representations requesting to make applicable the previous service in the personal staff of the Speaker, the Deputy Speaker and the Chairman of Financial Committees as eligible service for calculating benefits like pension, increment, etc. as per the Special Rule for personal staff of the Ministers / the Leader of Opposition / the Government Chief Whip. Now the Government have decided to amend the Special Rules of the Personal Staff of the Ministers, the Leader of Opposition and the Government Chief Whip so as to make applicable the previous service in the personal staff of the Speaker or the Deputy Speaker as eligible service for calculating benefits like Pension, increment etc. suitably.
This notification is intended to achieve the above object.
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