Important G.Rs and Circulars issued in July 2013

जुलै २०१३ मध्ये शासनाने निर्गमित केले खालील महत्वाचे शासन निर्णय व परिपत्रके या ब्लॉगवर ," नुकतीच निर्गमित केलेली परिपत्रके व शासन निर्णय " या शीर्षकाखाली उपलब्ध करून देण्यात आली आहेत. संबंधीताना ती जरूर तर डाउनलोड करुन घेता येतील. 

१) अल्पसंख्य प्रमाणपत्र देणेबाबत,अल्पसंख्य विभाग शासन निर्णय

अविवि-२०१० प्र.क्र.१०९/१०/कार्या -५ दि. १ जुलै २०१३ 

२) शासन निर्णय / परिपत्रकाच्या प्रती सर्व आमदार, खासदार व राजकीय पक्षांना पाठविणे बाबत ,साप्रवि/ शा. प.संकीर्ण २०१३ /प्र. क्र.३७ /१८/ र. व का. दि. ६ जुलै २०१३

३) नायब तहसीलदार संवर्गातील पदोन्नती - अव्वल कारकून व मंडल अधिकारी यांच्या साठी प्रमाण,म.व व. विभाग शा.नि. एसआरव्ही - २०१० प्र. क्र. ३९५/ ई-९ दि. ६ जुलै २०१३

४) गोपनीय अहवाल वेळेत न लिहिणा-यांची १ जुलैची वेतन वाढ रोखण्याविषयी,वित्त विभाग, संकीर्ण १०१३/ प्र.क्र.५५/ कोश -प्र-५ , दि. ९ जुलै २०१३

५) कारागृहातील बंद्यांना किमान वेतन  करणेबाबत ,गृह विभाग, शा. नि. जेओई १०१३/७२६/प्र.क्र.१८५ तुरुंग-१  दि.१० जुलाई २०१३

६) पोलीस आस्थापना मंडळाची स्थापना , पोलीस अधिका-याच्या बदल्या बाबत गृह विभाग शासन निर्णय एमपीसी -१००८/२/सीआर-६/पो-३ दि. १७ जुलै २०१३

७) नि:समर्थ असलेल्या शासकीय कर्मचा-यांना कार्यालयीन वेळेत सवलत,साप्रविशासन निर्णय समय २०१३/प्र क्र २०/१०(र व का. ) .  दि. १६ जुलाई २०१३

८) महसूल खात्याचे सुवर्ण जयंती अभियान २०१३-१४ मध्ये राबविण्याबाबत,महसूल व वन विभाग शासन निर्णय सुजय-२०१३/प्र. क्र. ८३/ म-८ दि. १८ जुलै २०१३

९) पोलीस तक्रार प्राधिकरणाची स्थापना ,गृह विभाग शासन निर्णय पीसीए -२०१३/सीआर -१०९ पोलीस-३ दि. १८ जुलै २०१३

Recovery of excess payment of emoluments /allowances from employee- Can it be made ?

The question  as to whether the recovery of excess payment of emoluments /allowances can be made from the employee has been dealt with by the Supreme Court in their judgement in case of Sayed Abdul Kadir and others V/S State of Bihar

The Supreme Court referring to the earlier judgements has reiterated that no recovery of excess payment of emoluments / allowance can be made if 1) the excess payment was not made on account of any misrepresentation or fraud on the part of employee and 2) if the excess payment was  made by the employer by applying a wrong principle for calculating the pay /allowance or on the basis of a particular interpretation of rule/order, which is subsequently found to be erroneous. The court has further stated that if in a given case, it is proved the employee had knowledge that the payment received was in excess of what was due or wrongly paid, or in cases where the error is detected or corrected within a short time of wrong payment, the courts may on the facts and circumstances of any particular case may order the recovery of the amount paid in excess.

This important judgement has been made available on this blog under the title " Disciplinary Proceedings-- Important Judgments"
( S. N. 11 in the list) .The said judgement can be got downloaded, if required. 

All the Government employees (including the pensioners) are advised to download and go through the said judgemnt.

Reconstitution of Police Establishment Boards

The State Government has decided to reconstitute the Police establishment Board to make the recommendations regarding posting and transfers of Police Officers. 

The First establishment Board will be for making recommendations in respect of Police officers of the rank of Superintendent of Police and above. It will be headed by the Additional Chief Secretary (Home) with Director General of Police  as it's vice Chairman, Additional Director General Of Police ( Anti Corruption) and Police Commissioner Mumbai  will be the Members. and . Additional Director General of Police ( Establishment) will be it's e Member Secretary. 

The second Establishment Board will be for making recommendations about posting and transfers in respect of Deputy Superintendent of Police and below. The said Board will be headed by the Director General Of Police. Additional Director General Of Police ( Anti Corruption) and Police Commissioner Mumbai will be it's  Member. Additional Director General of Police (Establishment) will be the Member Secretary. 

Constitution of State Police Complaints Authority and District Police Complaints Authorities A significant decision -

In view of the guidelines issued by The Supreme Court , the State Government has taken an important and significant decision to set up State Police Complaints authority and District Police Complaints authorities in the State. 

 The State Police complaints authority will inquire into the complaints and allegations of serious misconduct against the Police officers of the rank of Deputy Superintendent and above.

This authority will be headed by the retired High Court judge ,with Officer of the rank of Additional Director General of police as it's Secretary. A retired Police officer of the rank of I.G.P., Eminent person from the Civil Society and retired officer not below the rank of Secretary / Commissioner will be the member of this authority.

The District  Police Complaints authority will inquire into the complaints and allegations of serious misconduct against the Police officers and up to of the rank of Deputy Superintendent of Police.

This District authority will be headed by the retired District  judge ,with the Officer of the rank of  Deputy Superintendent  as it's Secretary.  An Eminent person from the Civil Society and retired officer not below the rank of  Superintendent will be the member Secretary .

( Reference Home department G.R. date 15 th July 2013 )

Withholding of 10% gratuity from the retiring Central Government servants - clarification regarding.

            Department of Pension and Pensioner's welfare Office Memorandum date 11th July 2013


Subject: Withholding of 10% gratuity from the retiring Government servants -
              clarification regarding.

The undersigned is directed to refer to this Department's OM of even number dated the 19th
February 2013 on the above cited subject and to say that this Department is still receiving
representations from individuals and Pensioners Associations that Government Departments have
been withholding 10% of the amount of gratuity from retirees even when they had not been
provided any Government accommodation. This is in contravention of existing instructions.
2 The recovery and adjustment of Govt. dues from retirement gratuity is regulated under Rules
71 to 73 of the CCS (Pension) Rules, 1972. Rule (1) to (3) of Rule 72 ibid provide for recovery of
actual amount of Govt. dues in respect of Govt. accommodation from pay & allowances before
retirement and from Retirement Gratuity. Sub rule (5) of Rule 72 ibid stipulates that if, in any
particular case, it is not possible for the Directorate of Estates to determine the outstanding licence
fee, that Directorate shall inform the Head of Office that ten per cent of gratuity may be withheld
pending receipt of further information. Further, if no Government accommodation is allotted to a
Government servant, in accordance with Dte of Estate's OM NO.18011/5/1990-Pol-1I1 dated
12.10.2010, it is for the Administrative Ministry to issue an 'NDC".

3. As regards recovery in respect of 'Govt. dues' other than those pertaining to Govt.
accommodation, the Head of Office is required to complete assessment of such dues eight months
prior to the date of retirement [Rule 73(2)]. The actual amount of such dues and the dues which
come to notice subsequently and remain outstanding are to be adjusted against the amount of
retirement gratuity becoming payable to the Govt. servant on retirement.

4. It is, therefore, clear that there is no provision for withholding any part of gratuity at the
time of retirement for the purpose of recovery of outstanding government dues other than those
pertaining to government accommodation and the onus of timely collection of license fee is on the
Directorate of Estates. If the Directorate of Estate does not specifically inform the Administrative
Department of the outstanding dues and requests for withholding of 10% gratuity for the
outstanding license fee, Gratuity cannot be withheld on this account. The only other circumstance
under which gratuity can be withheld is in case of ongoing disciplinary proceedings against the
Government servant. Thus the Pay and Accounts Officer shall not withhold any gratuity unless
the Head of Office
(a) encloses instructions received from Directorate of Estate for withholding of 10%
gratuity for outstanding license fee or
(b) Informs of ongoing disciplinary proceedings.

These instructions are for strict compliance of all Administrative Ministriesl Departments.

5. A revised FORM 8 - form of letter to the Accounts Officer forwarding the pension papers
of Government servant is also enclosed. Formal amendment in the CCS(Pension) Rules for revised
Form 8 will be notified later. t1R~;:
(Tripti P.Ghosh)
Director (PP)
TEL: 24624802