The Odisha G a z e t t e
EXTRAORDINARY
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 558 CUTTACK, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 2024/FALGUNA 23, 1945
DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION
ORDER
The 6th March 2024
No. 9735—HE-GIA-1-POLICY-0001/2022-HE.—In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (4) of Section 7-C of the Odisha Education Act, 1969 (Odisha Act 15 of 1969), the State Government do hereby make the following order to regulate the payment of Grant-in-Aid to Non-Government Aided Educational Institutions being Degree Colleges, Junior Colleges and Higher Secondary Schools, namely :—
1. Short title and commencement —(1) This order may be called the Odisha (Payment of Grant-in-Aid to the Non-Government ) (Aided Degree Colleges, Junior Colleges and Higher Secondary Schools) Grant-in-Aid Order, 2024.
(2) It shall be deemed to have come into force with effect from the 1st January 2024.
2. Applicability— Subject to the provisions of this Order, it shall apply to the employees who are governed under the provisions of the Odisha (Non-Government Colleges, Junior Colleges and Higher Secondary Schools) Grant-in-Aid in the shape of Block Grant Order, 2014.
3. Entitlement—(1) The employees, covered under the order referred to in Para. 2 and are in receipt of 100% Grant-in-Aid as on the 1st January 2024 shall subject to such conditions as may be imposed, be eligible to receive the revised Grant-in-Aid in the following manner, namely :—
(a) The revised Grant-in-Aid paid to the college is equivalent to the minimum pay of the applicable level in the Pay Matrix attached to a post as per the First Schedule of the Odisha Revised Scale of Pay Rules, 2017 (hereinafter the ORSP Rules, 2017) ; and
(b) The Dearness Allowance as admissible with effect from the 1st January 2024 shall be paid to the employees concerned as revised Grant-in-Aid with effect from the 1st January 2024.
(2) The employees shall be eligible to annual increment on each completed year of service with effect from the 1st January of every year.
(3) The Dearness Allowance as declared by the Government from time to time for Non-Government Educational Institutions shall also be payable to them.
By order of the Governor
ARAVIND AGRAWAL
Commissioner-cum-Secretary to Government