Grant of Adhoc Relief Allowance-2023@30% of initial of Basic Pay to the Civil Servants of Punjab Government

GOVERNMENT OF THE PUNJAB
FINANCE DEPARTMENT

No.FD.SR.V.4-1/2023                                                                                   

18^th July, 2023

SUBJECT:     GRANT OF ADHOC RELIEF ALLOWANCE-2023 @ 30% OF INITIAL OF BASIC PAY TO THE CIVIL SERVANTS OF PUNJAB GOVERNMENT

I am directed to state that the Governor of the Punjab has been pleased to sanction an Ad-hoc Relief Allowance-2023 @ 30% of initial of basic pay of Basic Pay Scales, 2022 with effect from 1st July, 2023 and till further orders to all the Civil Servants of the Punjab Government and contract employees employed against civil posts in Basic Pay Scales on Hander d terms & conditions of contract appointment and subject to the following conditions:

  i)          Be subject to Income Tax;

ii)         Be admissible during leave and entire period of LPR except during Extra Ordinary Leave.

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

iv)        Not be admissible to the employees during the tenure of their posting/ deputation abroad; and

v)         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 abroad.

2.                     The Ad-hoc Relief Allowance-2023 shall be accommodated from within the budgetary allocation for the Financial Year 2023-24 by the respective departments and no supplementary grants would be given on this account.

ADDL FINANCE SECRETARY (REG)