Grant of Adhoc Relief Allowane-2023 to the civil servants of Balochistan Government

GOVERNMENT OF BALOCHISTAN
FINANCE DEPARTMENT(REGULATION-I)

No. FD(R-I)V-1/2023/3698/-3718                                        

Dated Quetta the 11^th July, 2023

SUBJECT:     GRANT OF ADHOC RELIEF ALLOWANCE-2023 TO THE CIVIL SERVANTS OF BALOCHISTAN GOVERNMENT.

The Government of Balochistan has been pleased to sanction an Ad-hoc Relief Allowance-2023 in favor of all Provincial Government employees including contingent paid staff and contract employees employed against civil posts in Basic Pay Scales on standard terms & conditions of contract appointment with effect from 1^st July, 2023 and shall freeze on as below:-

            i)          BPS-1 to BPS-16        @ 35% of the Basic Pay as on 30-06-2023.

            ii)         BPS-17 and above      @ 30 % of the Basic Pay as on 30-06-2023.

2.                     The amount of Ad-hoc Relief Allowance-2023:-

                        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 abroad; and

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 abroad.

3.                     The term “Basic Pay” for the purpose of Ad-hoc Relief Allowance-2023 will also include the amount of the personal pay granted on account of annual increments(s) beyond the maximum of the existing pay scales.

4.                     The expenditure involved in the above Ad-hoc Relief Allowance-2023 will be adjusted in revised budget estimates 2023-24.

Finance Secretary