Dimapur, Nov 10 (MExN): The Government of Nagaland has granted revised Dearness Allowance (DA)/Additional Dearness Allowance (ADA) for state government employees with effect from January 1, 2006 and July 1, 2006. The order shall also apply to employees appointed on contract against sanctioned posts and drawing pay in identical scale applicable to regular employees of the corresponding categories. A Finance Department detail from Finance Commissioner HK Khulu, IAS, received here also informed that the order, however, shall not apply to work-charged employees (whether on time scale of pay or on fixed daily/monthly wages) nor shall the order apply to any other categories of employees on fixed monthly pay or on daily wage.
The whole of arrears from January 1, 2006 to October 31, 2006 shall be credited to the respective GPF/CPF accounts of the employees concerned. Cash payment shall be made from November 2006 salary onwards i.e., from the salaries of November 2006 payable in December 2006. No part of the arrears up to October 31, 2006 be paid in cash except in respect of those employees who have already retired from service or have expired or are due to retire on superannuation on or before March 31, 2007. Government servants who have not yet opened Provident Fund Accounts can be allowed to draw the arrears only after the PFAs are opened so that arrears can be credited to their respective PFAs. Arrears of DA/ADA may have to be paid in cash in respect of those employees who are not required to subscribe to Provident Fund under the rules applicable to them.
All heads of offices/DDOs are directed to carefully scrutinize all arrears DA/ADA bills to ensure that no cash payments are allowed except in respect of those who have already retired or demised or are due to retire on superannuation on or before March 31, 2007. All such bills must be clearly certified to that effect by the head of office/DDO concerned. In case of government servants due to retire on superannuation, the exact date of retirement shall be recorded in each case. In case of gazetted officers claiming cash payment on account of being due for retirement on superannuation, certificates to that effect indicating the exact date of retirement shall be recorded on the body of the bill. Treasury officers shall personally ensure that no cash payment of arrears in respect of serving gazetted officers is allowed in the absence of such certificates. In regard to the credit of arrear to the Contributory Provident Fund, there shall be no matching contribution by the government, it added.
Further, the amount of arrears credited to the Provident Fund shall not be treated as accumulation for the purpose of temporary or non-refundable withdrawals till March 31, 2008. While sanctioning temporary or non-refundable withdrawals from Provident Funds, the sanctioning authority shall take care to exclude this lump sum credit till March 31, 2008. However, this condition shall not apply in case of final withdrawal from Provident Funds in respect of employees, who have retired, died or have ceased to be in service otherwise. The amount of arrear credited to Provident Funds under these orders shall earn interest at normal rate, it was added.
