Government Of Azad Jammu & Kashmir Sanctions Adhoc Relief Allowance 2024 For Civil Employees-Notification

“Muzaffarabad” Dated: 24 July, 2024

Notification:

No. FDR/7834-7933 /2024. The President Azad Jammu & Kashmir has been pleased to sanction w.e.f 01.07.2024 and till further orders, an Ad-hoc Relief Allowance-2024 to all the civil employees of Azad Government of the State of Jammu & Kashmir including contract employees employed against civil posts in Basic Pay Scales on standard terms and conditions of contract appointment as under:

i)         BPS-1 to 16    @ 25% of Running Basic Pay

ii)        BPS-17 to 22 @ 20% of Running Basic Pay

2.         The amount of Ad-hoc Relief Allowance-2024:- •

i)         will be subject to Income Tax;

ii)         will be admissible during leave and entire period of LPR except during extra ordinary leave;

iii)           will not be treated as part of emoluments for the purpose of calculation of Pension/Gratuity and recovery of House Rent;

iv) will not be admissible to the employees during the tenure of their posting/deputation aboard;

v) will be admissible to the employees on their repatriation from posting/deputation abroad at the rate and amount which would have been admissible to them had they not been posted aboard; and

vi) will not be admissible to contract employees appointed on fixed pay package.

3.         The term “Basic Pay” for the purpose of Ad-hoc Relief Allowance-2024 will also include the amount of the personal pay granted on account of annual increment (s) beyond the maximum of the existing pay scales.

4.         The above Ad-hoc Relief Allowance-2024 shall be accommodated from within the budgetary allocation for the year 2024-25 by the respective Secretariats/departments and no supplementary grants would be given on this account.

5.         Corporations/Autonomous Bodies/Semi-Autonomous Bodies under the control of Azad Government of the State of Jammu & Kashmir may consider the grant of Ad-hoc Relief Allowance-2024 @25% and @20% mentioned above of running basic pay through their Board of Directors/Board of Governors after taking into consideration their own financial position/resource. Azad Government of the State of Jammu & Kashmir shall not provide any additional grant or resource for this purpose.

Deputy Secretary Finance
(Regulations)